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Mar 11, 1922 Stanley, Wisconsin, United States Died on 22 Jul 2008 (aged 86)
American football player and United States Secret Service agent
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About Vincent Mroz
- Vincent Peter Mroz (March 11, 1922 – July 22, 2008) was a United States Secret Service agent and a United States Marine Corps veteran who served during World War II.
- In 1948, he was assigned to the presidential protection detail during the Harry S.
- Truman administration.
- In November 1950, Mroz shot one of two Puerto Rican nationalists who intended to assassinate President Truman.
- The man was later tried and imprisoned.
- The event was described as "the biggest gunfight in Secret Service history." The other nationalist was killed by a city police officer. Mroz also served the presidential detail in the Dwight D.
- Eisenhower administration.
- He served with the Secret Service for 26 years, retiring in 1974 as the Deputy Assistant Director of the uniformed division. Mroz had earlier played college football for the University of Michigan and Michigan State College.
