Date of Death: June 26, 1975 as the direct result of adversarial action in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
Cause of Death: On June 26, 1975, Special Agents Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams were killed while attempting to serve arrest warrants for robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon on the Oglala Sioux Indian Reservation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Four people were indicted for the murders of Special Agents Williams and Coler. The government dismissed its charges against James Theodore Eagle. Robert Eugene Robideau and Darrelle Dean Butler were acquitted by jury on July 16, 1976. The fourth person indicted for these murders, Leonard Peltier, was convicted and received two consecutive life sentences.
Burial Location:
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Cypress, California
Fond Remembrance Section, Lot 5468, Space 1
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