Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Jason Fann was killed in a vehicle crash at approximately 6:00 pm while responding to an accident on Highway 214, two miles south of Plains.
His patrol car left the roadway and overturned, causing him to sustain fatal injuries.
Deputy Fann served with both the Seagraves Police Department and Yoakum County Sheriff's Office, and had recently been appointed Fire Marshall in Plains as a member of the Plains Volunteer Fire Department.
He was survived by his wife and two children.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- August 2, 2026
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You barely got started.
Deputy Sheriff Fann gave the Yoakum County Sheriff's Office 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Plains community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Fann.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Jason Matthew Fann 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%.
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