Five area men will be remembered Tuesday during the National Peace Officers Memorial Day.

On June 25, 1930 Sheriff William Fred Sweet and Washington Police City Marshal Aaron Bailey were shot and killed at the county courthouse after arresting a man wanted for stealing a car in Ottumwa. On June 11, 1976, after only two weeks on the job Marshal Douglas Paul Bell with the Keota Police Department was shot and killed with his own weapon. Bell stopped a stolen vehicle and the driver attacked Bell as he wrote a ticket, he then shot Bell a total of nine times. He was sentenced to life in prison. On April 4, 2011, Sergeant Eric John Stein with the Keokuk County Sheriff’s Office was shot and killed as he and another deputy attempted to question a man regarding an incident in rural Sigourney. The man barricaded himself in a house for about three hours before coming outside with a firearm where he was killed by an Iowa State Patrol tactical unit.

Two years ago Washington native FBI Special Agent Terry Anderson was remembered 50 years after his death with a ceremony at Elm Grove Cemetery. His son, Michael Anderson, a retired FBI, agent spoke and shared his gratitude for those who attended to honor his father. Terry Anderson was part of the Shade Gap Incident, where he was killed in the line of duty while rescuing an abducted 17-year-old girl.