Michigan Department of Natural Resources
First Lieutenant Arthur Adolph Green, III
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Sunday, August 9, 2015
Cause: Aircraft accident
Conservation Officer Vernon Scott Averill
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1986
Cause: Assault
Conservation Officer Gerald F. Welling
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Sunday, September 10, 1972
Cause: Vehicular assault
Conservation Officer Edward Carl Starback
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Thursday, August 8, 1957
Cause: Aircraft accident
Conservation Officer Thomas J. Mellon
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Thursday, October 23, 1947
Cause: Drowned
Conservation Officer Carlyle B. Smith
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Tuesday, May 11, 1943
Cause: Hypothermia
Conservation Officer Maurice C. Luck
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 1938
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Conservation Officer Andrew Schmeltz
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Wednesday, October 21, 1936
Cause: Gunfire
Special Investigator Elgin C. McDonough
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1932
Cause: Automobile crash
Special Investigator Karl S. Zimmerman
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1932
Cause: Automobile crash
Conservation Officer Theron Adherbal Craw
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Monday, November 5, 1928
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Conservation Officer Arvid Erickson
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Wednesday, September 29, 1926
Cause: Gunfire
Conservation Officer Emil Skoglund
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Wednesday, September 29, 1926
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Game Warden Patrick Thomas Waters
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Tuesday, May 29, 1923
Cause: Fall
Deputy Game Warden Julius A. Salmonson
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI
EOW: Sunday, November 15, 1908
Cause: Drowned
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 15
- Aircraft accident 2
- Assault 1
- Automobile crash 2
- Drowned 2
- Fall 1
- Gunfire 3
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 2
- Hypothermia 1
- Vehicular assault 1
By Month
- February 1
- March 1
- May 2
- August 2
- September 3
- October 2
- November 2
- December 2
By Gender
- Male 15
- Female 0