Michael Lee Loudenslager

Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department — Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City → Felonious

End of Watch April 19, 1995

Age 48

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Also Remembered Department 10

Incident

Reserve Deputy Sheriff Michael Loudenslager was killed in the aftermath of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Deputy Loudenslager survived the bomb blast but died due to falling debris while conducting search and rescue.

Eight federal law enforcement agents and one local sheriff's deputy were killed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, when domestic terrorists detonated a truck bomb outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19th, 1995, at 9:02 a.m.

The suspects were apprehended. One was executed in 2001, and the other was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Please click here to view all the law enforcement officers killed at the Oklahoma City Bombing

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Loudenslager gave the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Oklahoma City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Deputy Sheriff Loudenslager.

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

Agency

Department Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department

Type Other

Location Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK

Platform Identity ocso.oklahoma.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 19, 1995

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 48

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Explosives; Bomb

Reserve Deputy Sheriff Michael Lee Loudenslager is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,787 officers honored here.

In OK, 403 of 582 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.2% of this state's fallen. That is 69.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department, 6 of 11 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 54.5% of this agency's fallen.

Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department

of 11 officers

54.5% Felonious

OK — Statewide

403

of 582 officers

69.2% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,787 officers

0% Felonious