Alfred P. Vanderkelen

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources — Madison, WI

Accident

End of Watch November 6, 1928

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Gender Male

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Incident

Warden Vanderkelen drowned after being involved in a boating accident while checking duck hunters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Conservation Warden Vanderkelen served with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Thank you for your service to the Madison community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Conservation Warden Vanderkelen.

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

Agency

Department Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Location Madison, WI

Platform Identity wisccons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 6, 1928

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Conservation Warden Alfred P. Vanderkelen is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In WI, 124 of 317 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 10 of 15 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

of 15 officers

66.7% Accident

WI — Statewide

124

of 317 officers

39.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident