Roll of Honor
Incident
Reserve Officer Douglas Krenz and Assistant Chief Larry Duronso were killed in an aircraft accident while searching for the body of a murder victim in Whatcom County. Officer Krenz, a licensed pilot, was piloting the single engine plane when it experienced engine trouble and lost altitude several minutes after taking off from a field four miles west of Lynden. The plane crashed as Officer Krenz attempted an emergency landing. Officer Krenz was a U.S. Army veteran.
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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.
Reserve Officer Krenz served with the Blaine Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Blaine community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Douglas Orville Krenz served in the U.S. Army (1976â1978) before joining law enforcement.
Reserve Officer Douglas Orville Krenz 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 WA, 111 of 340 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.6% of this state's fallen. That is 32.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Blaine Police Department, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Douglas Orville Krenz's cause is highlighted.
How Douglas Orville Krenz Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Douglas Orville Krenz is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
Military Service
Douglas Orville Krenz served in the U.S. Army (1976–1978) before joining law enforcement.
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