Bio & Incident Details
Age: 25
Tour: 2 years
Badge #: Not available
Cause: Drowned
Incident Date: 12/19/1968
Weapon: N/A
Suspect: N/A
Virginia Beach Police Department, Virginia
End of Watch: Thursday, December 19, 1968
End of Watch: Thursday, December 19, 1968
Detective Robert Monette and Officer Roger McClung drowned during a dive team training exercise in Lake Wesley. During the training a third trainee began to suffer trouble in the water. Detective Monette and Officer McClung saved the officer but drowned doing so.
Detective Monette was a Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Virginia Beach Police Department for two years. He was survived by his wife, 6-month-old daughter, and 2-year-old son.