Hometown: Westville, Indiana
District: Connersville
Appointed: August 16, 1961
Deceased: March 30, 1969
Responding to a complaint of a man firing shots at a family in a camping area in rural Franklin County, Trooper Lietzan and other police officers arrived on the scene to find the suspect in a barricaded position. As police called for the suspect to surrender, he fired several shots into the group of officers, fatally wounding Trooper Lietzan.
