Charles V. Masoner
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Game Warden

Charles V. Masoner

Veteran → Cardiac
End of Watch March 22, 1941
Age 50
Tour of Duty 19 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Game Warden Charles Masoner suffered a fatal heart attack while conducting deer feeding operations in Itasca State Park.

He and other employees had been tasked with moving 80 pound hay bales through deep snow in order to prevent deer loss and to ensure a sustainable food source for local residents during the extreme winter months. Other wardens noticed he was feeling ill and began driving to Bemidji to seek medical treatment. He died while being driven through Hubbard County, approximately 10 miles south of Bemidji.

Game Warden Masoner was a U.S. Army Air Service veteran of WWI.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Game Warden Masoner gave the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN
Platform Identity mdnredcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 22, 1941
Tour of Duty 19 yrs
Age 50
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Charles V. Masoner served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Charles is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% 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 1941, 7 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 78th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Charles was 50. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Charles had served 19 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

Age at death
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When

March holds 7.6% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Saturdays: 14.3%.

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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.

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His people

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division has 18 officers remembered here, Charles among them.

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Where

Game Warden Charles V. Masoner

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division · End of Watch March 22, 1941

Military Service

Charles V. Masoner served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 4-W

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