Previously Held Specialties TPF-Tactical Patrol Force
PTL-Patrol Unit
Service Years
1946 - 1947
Official Badges
Police Awards and Commendations
Federal Awards
Not Specified
Departmental Awards
Not Specified
Other Languages
Not Specified
Prior Military Service
US Army National Guard (1939-1940)
US Army (1940-1946)
Last Photo
Personal Details
Home State
Texas
Year of Birth 1917
This Military Service Page was created/owned by
DEP IV Johnny Conroy (Lead Catcher)
to remember
Conroy, Joseph, Jr., PO.
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Contact Info
Home Town Dallas
Last Address Dallas, Texas
Date of Passing
Aug 29, 2001
Location of Interment
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery (VA) - Dallas, Texas
J. R Conroy woked as a military policeman in the US Army, riding troop trains around the western US from 1944-1946, after being injured as an infantryman in Italy.
In 1946 he became a jailer and then an officer for the Dallas P. D.
He later worked the Houston area, Jacinto City P.D. and Baytown P. D.
In 1993 or 94 he again became an officer, for the Willis, Texas Police Department.
He also worked for a college in Mesquite, Texas as an officer during that time period.
Many of the dates are seculative due to trying to piece the story back together after so many years, but the departments are factually correct.
Other Comments:
Thanks to retired Baytown PD Corporal Randy Rhodes research efforts I am able to definitively say that J. R. Conroy, JR was fired from Baytown P.D. in 1951 for accusing the Chief of Police of conducting "selective enforcement" and issuing a ten page supporting document to City Council, as well as going to the local newspaper over this.
One more piece of the puzzle.
