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Special Deputy Marshal

Augustus Harris

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service — Washington, DC
Veteran → Felonious
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End of Watch June 17, 1878
Age 33
The Vigil Panel 17 · Column 4 · Line 2 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Memorials 1 Also Remembered Department 312

Incident

Special Deputy Marshal Gus Harris was shot and killed in the public square in front of the Edgefield County Courthouse in Edgefield, South Carolina, while attempting to arrest a man who was wanted for shooting another man several years earlier.

Special Deputy Marshal Harris was occasionally appointed as a Special Deputy United States Marshal on court days and was acting in that capacity when he was killed.

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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.
Special Deputy Marshal Harris served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service
Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 17, 1878
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Military Service

Augustus Harris served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Augustus 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 1878, 51 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 139th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Augustus was 33. 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

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has at least 120 officers remembered here, Augustus among them.

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Where

Special Deputy Marshal Augustus Harris

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch June 17, 1878

Military Service

Augustus Harris 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 53-W

Also Remembered

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