This memorial page is dedicated to the Youngtown Police Officer who paid the ultimate price while serving and protecting our Town.

We honor this brave officer and his family.

Sadly, across the country, many law enforcement officers will lose their lives this year while performing their duties. The Steve Young Memorial Scholarship Program, created by a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, is administered by the National Fraternal Order of Police Foundation to assist the spouses of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

Marshal Herman William Nofs

Youngtown Police Department Arizona
End of Watch: Wednesday, August 4, 1965

Age: 71
Tour of Duty: 35 years
Badge Number: Not available

Marshal Nofs was killed by two burglary suspects.

Marshal Nofs was responding to a burglary at a gas station. He was approaching the two suspects, ages seventeen and nineteen, with his weapon drawn when the nineteen-year old slugged him and one of the suspects shot him with his own gun. Both were charged with murder.

Marshal Nofs was a 31 year veteran of the Illinois State Police and was Youngtown's first Marshal.

Marshal Nofs was survived by his wife, Louise.