PENDLETON — Indiana State Police Pendleton District conducted its annual memorial service May 24 to remember ISP employees who lost their lives in the line of duty. Troopers of the district were brought to attention and the Indiana State Police Honor Guard presented the colors. Roll call of the fallen was read by Area Captain Robert Burke and Pendleton District Commander Lieutenant Tony Delello.

An Indiana State Police chaplain gave an invocation, and members of the honor guard presented the national and state flags. After the roll call of the fallen, students from Anderson High School played “Amazing Grace” on bagpipes, and a bugler played “Taps.”

Forty-six ISP employees have lost their lives in the line of duty since the department was formed in 1933. Memorial services take place each May at all ISP districts to perpetuate the memory of those who have died in the line of duty.

Troopers from the Pendleton District who have been killed in the line of duty include:

• Herbert Smith (Connersville Post), died Dec. 5, 1946 when fired on by a traffic violator

• Robert Clevenger (Connersville Post), died Sept. 8, 1953 in a traffic crash pursuing a parole violator

• Robert Garrison (Redkey Post), died Dec. 14, 1959 in a car crash on State Road 67

• William Rayner (Versailles Post) died Dec. 18, 1966 by gunshot inflicted by Kentucky prison escapees in a stolen car

• Robert Lietzan (Connersville Post), died March 30, 1969 by a gunshot inflicted by a mentally ill subject armed with a rifle

•Roy Jones (Pendleton Post), died July 3, 1979 in a car crash while en route to assist the Markleville town marshal