Donald Raymond Turner

Indiana State Police — Indianapolis, IN

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch January 28, 1956

Age 37

Tour of Duty 9 yrs 2 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 45

Incident

Trooper Donald Turner was struck by a vehicle and killed while assisting a tow truck operator who was removing a vehicle from a roadside ditch near Auburn in DeKalb County. Another vehicle came over a small hill at a high rate of speed, slid on the icy road surface, and struck Trooper Turner and the tow truck driver. Trooper Turner was killed instantly. Trooper Turner was a U.S Army veteran of WWII and had served with the Indiana State Police for over nine years. He was assigned to the Ligonier post.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two sons and daughter.

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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 Turner gave the Indiana State Police 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Indiana, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Indiana State Police

Type State Police

Location Indianapolis, IN

Platform Identity insp.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 28, 1956

Tour of Duty 9 yrs 2 mo

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Donald Raymond Turner served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Donald Raymond Turner is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In IN, 152 of 504 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.2% of this state's fallen. That is 30.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Indiana State Police, 23 of 46 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Indiana State Police

of 46 officers

50% Accident

IN — Statewide

152

of 504 officers

30.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident