Roll of Honor
Incident
Marshal Calvin Neal died as a result of a ruptured blood vessel due to overexertion while struggling with a prisoner on two separate occasions near the post office and inside the police station.
He had arrested a subject due to public drunkenness and disorderly conduct at a restaurant. As he walked his prisoner to the police station a struggle ensued between both of them, lasting five minutes until the police chief came to his assistance.
While inside the police station the subject struck Marshal Neal in the face and pushed him towards a stove, knocking him down to the ground. He was able to quickly gain control of the subject and placed him inside a jail cell. After booking the subject he left the police station where he was noticed by the police chief as being pale and haggard. He acknowledged that he was okay and left the police station. Within a block of the police station, he collapsed. He was taken into a store where he was pronounced dead.
Marshal Neal served with the McMinnville Police Department for almost 30 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two adult children.
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30 years. You could have gone home.
Marshal Neal gave the McMinnville Police Department 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the McMinnville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Marshal Neal.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Marshal Calvin Harvey Neal is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OR, 11 of 197 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 1.6 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Calvin Harvey Neal's cause is highlighted.
How Calvin Harvey Neal Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Calvin Harvey Neal is highlighted in Nov.