Eli Hickman Bruner
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Deputy U.S. Marshal

Eli Hickman Bruner

Accident
End of Watch June 21, 1898
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Marshal Bruner drowned while attempting to cross the Grand River near Spavinaw, Oklahoma. He was attempting to serve several warrants for the Muskogee Federal Court before the end of the session. When he arrived at the river, he discovered that the ferryman was on the other side of the river. He tried to swim across the rain-swollen river but drowned. His body was found the following day.

Survivors

Deputy Marshal Bruner was survived by his wife and three children.

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128 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Bruner served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch June 21, 1898
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Eli is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1898, 13 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 132nd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Eli was 39. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36.

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When

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

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

Across the years

Deputy U.S. Marshal Eli Hickman Bruner

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch June 21, 1898

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