Roy L."Bill" Frakes Way
Deputy U.S. Marshall Roy Frakes was one of two law officers killed in the line of duty in the attempted escape of a prisoner from the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse building in the Loop. He posthumously received the Marshals Service’s highest honor, and an air operations hanger in Oklahoma City was named in his honor at the Will Rogers Airport.
Honorary Roy L. “Bill” Frakes Way
South Dearborn Street from Jackson to Adams Street
Approved: February 2020
Ward: 42
Alderman: Reilly
Neighborhood: Loop
d. July 20, 1992. Age 30.