Valentine Adam

Just after 2 AM on March 6, 1948, Officer Valentine Adam Jr. was struck by an automobile and killed as he directed traffic at the intersection of N. Downer and E. Newport Avenues.

Officer Adam was guiding a motorist around a snow-clearing operation when a driver failed to turn, striking Officer Adam. He was thrown 107 feet and suffered compound fractures of the skull and left leg. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Officer Adam was 26 years old and was appointed to the Milwaukee Police Department only two months earlier, on January 2, 1948. Before joining MPD, he worked as a machine operator and served three years in the Navy until June 1945. He was married and had a 2-year-old son.