Officer

Charles L. Doebler

Marysville Police Department — Marysville, CA
Felonious
End of Watch May 9, 1866
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Butch Doebler was shot and killed from ambush at the intersection of A Street and 1st Street while he walked to his nearby home around 12:30 a.m.

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160 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Officer Doebler served with the Marysville Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Marysville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Marysville, Yuba County, CA
Platform Identity mpd.yuba.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 9, 1866
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Charles is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1866, 23 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 160th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

Marysville Police Department has 5 officers remembered here, Charles among them.

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Officer Charles L. Doebler

Marysville Police Department · End of Watch May 9, 1866

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