Roll of Honor
Incident
Alvin A. Clark enlisted in the 2nd Parker County Minute Men (Texas Rangers) on April 26, 1866 at Weatherford in Parker County and for an enlistment of 3 months and 9 days. Captain Hartford Howard and his ranger company were pursuing Indians who had killed several citizens and stolen livestock in the county. Private Alvin A. Clark and 7 citizens were on patrol when they were attacked by hostile Indians near Springtown. Private Clark was killed and two citizens were wounded. The newspaper reported that none of the Indians were injured. The Indians traveled down the Brazos Valley as far as Comanche Peak in Johnson County stealing horses, and then started back north.
Clark was reported to be 20 years old. He had served 2 months and 3 days of his enlistment.
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Private Clark served with the Texas Rangers.
Thank you for your service to the Austin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Private Alvin A. Clark 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 97,772 officers honored here.
In TX, 1,461 of 2,422 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.3% of this state's fallen. That is 60.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Texas Rangers, 104 of 122 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 85.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
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