John T McCracken

John T McCracken

Died

:

8 April 1977

Age

:

22

Rank

:

Constable

Force

:

Royal Ulster Constabulary

Cause

:

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

:

On Duty

Fatally shot, alongside his colleague Constable Kenneth William Sheehan, by terrorists in a car they had stopped while on mobile patrol at Gortagilly, near Moneymore, County Derry.