Roll of Honor
Incident
Field Agent Albert Paul was killed in a single vehicle crash on Highway 6, approximately 10 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as he and another agent returned a parolee to Iowa from California.
One of the vehicle's tires blew out, causing it to go out of control and overturn. Agent Paul was thrown from the vehicle and sustained fatal injuries. The prisoner remained and rendered aide to the agents. The prisoner even gathered Agent Paul's revolver and personal belongings and gave them to the other agent for safekeeping.
Agent Paul had served with the Iowa Board of Parole for five years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Field Agent Paul gave the Iowa Board of Parole 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Des Moines community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Field Agent Paul.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Field Agent Albert Paul is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In IA, 71 of 226 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.4% of this state's fallen. That is 31.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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