George H. Yeaman Jr.

King County Sheriffs Department — Seattle, WA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch July 22, 1946

Age 22

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 17

Incident

Special Deputy George Yeaman and Special Deputy John Mines were killed in a plane crash near Stirrup Lake while conducting an aerial search of another missing plane.

Special Deputy Mines was killed on impact. Special Deputy Yeaman was rescued from the wreckage and taken to a hospital in Seattle where he died three days later. The plane they were searching for was located the following day.

Special Deputy Yeaman was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Forces.

God rest his soul.

Sgt. Robert A. Henne Jersey City PD/Ret. January 25th, 2024

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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.
Special Deputy Yeaman served with the King County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Seattle community, 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 King County Sheriffs Department

Type Other

Location Seattle, WA

Platform Identity kingso.king.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 22, 1946

Age 22

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

George H. Yeaman Jr. served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Special Deputy George H. Yeaman Jr. 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 King County Sheriffs Department, 5 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.8% of this agency's fallen.

King County Sheriffs Department

of 18 officers

27.8% Accident

WA — Statewide

111

of 340 officers

32.6% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident