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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 67

  • 9/11 related illness 2
  • Automobile crash 13
  • COVID19 1
  • Exposure to toxins 1
  • Fire 1
  • Gunfire 35
  • Heart attack 4
  • Motorcycle crash 4
  • Stabbed 1
  • Struck by train 2
  • Vehicle pursuit 1
  • Vehicular assault 2

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 5
  • California 4
  • Colorado 2
  • Connecticut 1
  • Florida 2
  • Georgia 2
  • Hawaii 1
  • Illinois 2
  • Kansas 3
  • Kentucky 5
  • Louisiana 2
  • Maine 1
  • Massachusetts 2
  • Michigan 1
  • Minnesota 1
  • Mississippi 1
  • Missouri 4
  • Nevada 1
  • New Jersey 1
  • New York 3
  • North Carolina 3
  • Ohio 2
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Oregon 2
  • Puerto Rico 2
  • Railroad Police 1
  • Texas 3
  • U.S. Government 4
  • Utah 3
  • Virginia 1
  • Washington 1
Investigator William Milton Pugh | United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, U.S. Government
United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, U.S. Government

Investigator William Milton Pugh

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Friday, November 21, 1941

Cause: Gunfire

Patrol Agent Thomas Kent Byrd | United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government

Patrol Agent Thomas Kent Byrd

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US

EOW: Monday, November 21, 1983

Cause: Motorcycle crash