Franklin Walter Goss
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Town Marshal

Franklin Walter Goss

Chouteau Police Department — Chouteau, OK
Accident
End of Watch May 9, 1957
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Gender Male

Incident

Marshal Goss was killed when his patrol car was struck by a Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad freight train. Marshal Goss was accompanied by a Justice of the Peace, who was also killed in the accident.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Town Marshal Goss served with the Chouteau Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Chouteau community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Town Marshal Goss.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chouteau, Mayes County, OK
Platform Identity cpd.mayes.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 9, 1957
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Town Marshal Franklin Walter Goss 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 OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 23.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Chouteau Police Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
OK — Statewide
135
of 582 officers
23.2% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Franklin Walter Goss's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Franklin Walter Goss Compares

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Franklin Walter Goss is highlighted in May.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

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