Vincent Mroz
Deceased Person
1922 – 2008
Who was Vincent Mroz?
Vincent Peter Mroz was a United States Marine Corps veteran, having served during World War II, and a United States Secret Service agent. In 1948, he was assigned to the presidential protection detail during the Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower administrations. He served with the Secret Service for 26 years, retiring in 1974 as the Deputy Assistant Director of the uniformed division.
In November 1950, Mroz gained national attention for his involvement in the "biggest gunfight in Secret Service history" during an assassination attempt on President Truman by two Puerto Rican nationalists. Mroz was credited with shooting one of the assailants in the chest and disarmed the body of a second assailant.
Mroz had earlier played college football for the University of Michigan and Michigan State College.
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