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Sherd Barry Partin
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Deputy Sheriff

Sherd Barry Partin

Bell County Sheriff's Department — Pineville, KY
Felonious
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End of Watch September 30, 1944
Age 51
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Department 25

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Sherd Partin was shot and killed while attempting to arrest two men who were creating a disturbance near the Henderson Settlement Church in Frakes, Kentucky.

The men were arrested and charged with Deputy Partin's murder.

Deputy Partin was survived by his wife.

Survivors

Deputy Partin was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Partin served with the Bell County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Pineville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Partin.

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

Agency

Department Bell County Sheriff's Department
Type Sheriff's Office
Location Pineville, Bell County, KY
Platform Identity bcso.bell.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 30, 1944
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Sherd 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 1944, 59 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 129th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Sherd was 51. Of the 14,219 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

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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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; unknown type, in 9.5% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Bell County Sheriff's Department has 26 officers remembered here, Sherd among them.

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Where

Deputy Sheriff Sherd Barry Partin

Bell County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch September 30, 1944

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