End of Watch October 3, 1965
Age 21
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Alan St. Clair was shot and killed after stopping a suspected drunk driver. Officer St. Clair had been with the agency for one year and was assigned to the Wind River Agency in Ft. Washakie, Wyoming.

Survivors

He had been awarded the Medal of Valor, and was survived by his wife and child.

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You barely got started.
Police Officer St. Clair gave the United States Department of the Interior 1 year.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer St. Clair.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch October 3, 1965
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 21
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Rifle

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Alan is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1965, 78 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 89th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Alan was 21. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Alan had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was rifle, in 5.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services has 52 officers remembered here, Alan among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Alan L. St. Clair

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services · End of Watch October 3, 1965

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 40-E

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