Today, we remember South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Corporal George Don Peeler and Sumter County Sheriff’s Office (Sumter, SC) Sergeant Charles B. Kubala, Sr.
On this date in 1989, Corporal George Peeler was killed in a vehicle accident about eight miles south of Gaffney while on duty.
On this date in 1996, Sergeant Charles Kubala was shot and killed after responding to a call of a suspicious person. When he arrived at the scene, he confronted the suspect, who shot him once in the ear and once in the shoulder with a .22 caliber handgun.
