Sheriffs' Office - Memorials
Robert
Arthur VanAlyne, Jr 
June
15, 1952-August 1, 1985
Laramie
County Sheriffs' Office
Deputy
Sheriff
Robert
was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and educated in Cheyenne schools.
Upon graduation from Cheyenne Central High School in 1970,
he joined the Army and served in Vietnam for a year.
When
he returned from the service he went to school at Laramie
County Community College and obtained an Associates Degrees
in Law Enforcement and History. He went to work
for the Cheyenne Police Department, the Green River Police
Department and the Laramie County Sheriffs Department. While
a deputy for the Laramie County Sheriff 's Department, he
died in the line of duty while trying to rescue a family
during a flash flood.
Robert
received the Carnegie Heroism Award, the Civil Air Patrol
Heroism Award, the Laramie County Sheriff s Department's
Medal of Valor, and the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year
Award, following his death.
He
is survived by a son, Robert C. VanAlyne, who lives in Cheyenne,
Wyoming. His parents are Robert and Dolfe VanAlyne
who live in Cheyenne, Wyoming. His siblings are
Roger P. VanAlyne, Rodney K. VanAlyne and Barbara Nash. Robert
Arthur VanAlyne, Jr
 Arthur
Emill Osborn
1882
- August 1, 1927
Laramie
County Sheriffs' Office
Deputy
Sheriff
Circumstances:
Deputy
Sheriff Osborn was apprehending Herman Barker who had cashed
some stolen bank bonds at the American National Bank in
Cheyenne. Stationed at Pine Bluffs, Osborn proceeded to
a point on the Lincoln Highway about 5 miles west of Pine
Bluffs. He flagged the Barker vehicle down and when he
approached it on foot, Barker picked up a gun from the
seat beside him and shot Osborn twice. Barker later was
killed in a shoot-out in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The information
on the Osborn shooting came from a woman who was with Barker
and later arrested. Osborn was deputy to Sheriff George
Carroll of Laramie County. Barker was the son of Ma Barker
and brother of "Doc" Barker and Fred Barker.
 Frank
B. Roach
March
12, 1874 - May 1, 1916
Laramie
County Sheriffs' Office
Sheriff
Sheriff
Roach was killed on May 1, 1916, 18 miles southeast of Granite
Canyon, Wyoming, while pursuing horse thieves. Sheriff Roach
had been called to the area by a local rancher who had reported
the theft of three horses. Sheriff Roach, along with a posse,
went by automobile to the Webster Ranch, where he was killed
by Clyde Pearson. It was said that Roach was game to his
last breath and went down fighting in a desperate attempt
to uphold the law. |
