Sung Hui Bang
End of Watch: 8/17/2000
Age: 31
Rank: Deputy
Agency: Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office
Length of Service: 3 years
County: Milwaukee
Location On Memorial: I
Incident Surrounding Death
Deputy Bang was the pilot of a Sheriff's Office helicopter which crashed in Dodge County. The helicopter and crew were returning to Milwaukee County from a search in Sauk County. Bang and his partner played a key role in the capture of a subject wanted in the murder of his girlfriend, an off-duty Chicago Police Officer. Bang's observer, Ralph E. Zylka, was also killed.