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Trooper

Daniel Boyd Martin

Oklahoma Highway Patrol — Oklahoma City, OK

Veteran → Cardiac

End of Watch April 23, 2018

Age 46

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

The Vigil Panel 168 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 38

Incident

Trooper Daniel Martin suffered a fatal heart attack after making two felony arrests.

On the afternoon of March 1st, 2018, he made eleven enforcement contacts and made two felony warrant arrests at 7:00 p.m. He ended his shift at 11:00 p.m. He suffered a heart attack at 11:40 p.m. and was transported to the local hospital by ambulance. Shortly after midnight, he was flown to Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He underwent open-heart surgery. He was released from the hospital three days later and began rehab. He was still taking rehab on April 22nd, 2018, when he appeared to suffer another heart attack and was transported to the hospital where life-saving procedures were not successful.

He was pronounced dead just after midnight.

Trooper Martin was a United States Navy veteran. He had served with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol for 11 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three sons.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Trooper Martin gave the Oklahoma Highway Patrol 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Oklahoma Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Oklahoma City, OK

Platform Identity ohp.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 23, 2018

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Daniel Boyd Martin served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Daniel Boyd Martin is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In OK, 21 of 582 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 2 of 39 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.1% of this agency's fallen.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

of 39 officers

5.1% Cardiac

OK — Statewide

of 582 officers

3.6% Cardiac

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Cardiac