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Deputy Sheriff

Jesse Fulton

Letcher County Sheriff's Office — Whitesburg, KY
Felonious
United States flag Kentucky flag
End of Watch August 21, 1927
Age 28
The Vigil Panel 122 · Column 2 · Line 3 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 18

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Jesse Fulton was shot and killed while attempting to make an arrest in Hammond.

Deputy Fulton was waiting for suspected bootleggers. While arresting one man, another man shot him before fleeing.

The suspect fled the area after the murder. He was apprehended two years later in North Carolina after turning himself in to authorities. He was sentenced to 21 years in prison, but the sentence was commuted to ten years. In 1932, he was pardoned after "valuable services rendered" in the reformatory fire on July 2, 1930.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Fulton served with the Letcher County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Whitesburg community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Fulton.

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

Agency

Department Letcher County Sheriff's Office
Type Sheriff's Office
Location Whitesburg, Letcher County, KY
Platform Identity lcso.letcher.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 21, 1927
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jesse 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 1927, 220 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 6th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Jesse was 28. 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
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Age by years of service
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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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.

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His people

Letcher County Sheriff's Office has 19 officers remembered here, Jesse among them.

Across the years

Deputy Sheriff Jesse Fulton

Letcher County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch August 21, 1927

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 13-W

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