Roll of Honor
Joseph A. Carr
Incident
State Park Ranger Joseph Carr suffered a fatal heart attack while making a drug-related arrest in the McKeldin Area of Patapsco Valley State Park in Howard County, Maryland. Ranger Carr had been with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service for ten years. He was survived by his wife. The Maryland State Park Service has since been reorganized into the Maryland State Forest and Park Service.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
State Park Ranger Carr gave the Maryland Department of Natural Resources 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Annapolis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, State Park Ranger Carr.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
State Park Ranger Joseph A. Carr is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MD, 22 of 377 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph A. Carr's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph A. Carr Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph A. Carr is highlighted in Apr.