In the late summer of 1973, on the vast expanse of the Navajo Reservation in Lupton, Arizona, a dedicated lawman's life was tragically cut short. Deputy Sheriff Delbert L. Berry, a 32-year-old male who had been with the Apache County Sheriff's Office for a mere two weeks, was fatally shot on Sunday, September 2, 1973. He had previously served for five years with the McKinley County Sheriff's Office in New Mexico.
On that fateful day, Deputy Berry observed a group of approximately 20 peopl
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