Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Howard Becker succumbed to gunshot wounds from an accidental discharge of a firearm.
Deputy Sheriff Becker, another deputy, and a Santa Fe Railroad Special Agent were returning to Brownwood from Austin, where they had taken a patient to a state hospital. A .44 caliber revolver accidentally discharged while the officers were getting in their car in Llano. Deputy Becker was wounded and taken to the hospital in Brownwood, where he died at 3:10 a.m. the next day from a gunshot wound through the abdomen penetrating the intestines.
He was survived by his wife, a stepdaughter, and a sister.
Becker was buried in the Becker Family Cemetery in Kaufman, Texas.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, a stepdaughter, and a sister.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Becker served with the Brown County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Brownwood community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Becker.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Frances Howard Becker is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In TX, 657 of 2,422 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Brown County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Frances Howard Becker's cause is highlighted.
How Frances Howard Becker Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Frances Howard Becker is highlighted in Aug.
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