Federal Prohibition Agent

Vaughn Eccles Grant

Felonious
End of Watch June 1, 1926
Age 37
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Gender Male

Incident

Federal Prohibition Agent Vaughn Grant was shot and killed during a vehicle pursuit of suspected moonshiners in the Flat Rock area of Hendersonville, North Carolina. The suspect who fired the shot was arrested and charged with murder. Two men who were also in the vehicle were charged with being accessories before the fact.

Survivors

Agent Grant was survived by his wife.

In Our Keeping

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NW-QX51-KDYA-Z earlier record number BO-US-FED-9B753107
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Federal Prohibition Agent Grant served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Federal Prohibition Agent Grant.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdtirspufed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 1, 1926
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Vaughn is one of 15,741 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.2% of the 27,543 remembered there.

33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1926, 209 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 9th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Vaughn was 37. Of the 14,215 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.2% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit has 59 officers remembered here, Vaughn among them.

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Where

Federal Prohibition Agent Vaughn Eccles Grant

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit · End of Watch June 1, 1926

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 18-W

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