09/06/2026
On this day, September 5, 1955, we lost Sergeant John R. Miller when he was killed in airplane crash south of Lebanon in Boone County. Sergeant Miller was assigned to an Indiana National Guard aircraft for Labor Day Holiday patrol for traffic violators. The aircraft banked too sharply at low speed and plummeted into a field. Both Sergeant Miller and the National Guard pilot were killed. Sergeant Miller served with the Indiana State Police for 14 years and was assigned to the Lafayette Post.