Julian Sangster Majors
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Investigator

Julian Sangster Majors

Cardiac Veteran
End of Watch October 17, 1957
Age 37
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Gender Male

Incident

Investigator Julian Majors suffered a fatal heart attack after raiding two stills in Arkansas County, Arkansas. He and other federal and local officers had hiked four hours through heavily wooded and difficult terrain to locate the stills. After arresting a man and destroying the still and mash, the agents returned to Stuttgart, Arkansas, where they placed the prisoner in jail. The agents then returned to Hotel Riceland for dinner and to discuss the case. While discussing the raids Investigator Majors suddenly collapsed and died as the result of a major heart attack. Investigator Majors was a WWII veteran.

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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.
Investigator Majors served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdtirsattdfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 17, 1957
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Julian Sangster Majors served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Investigator Julian Sangster Majors 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 DC, 71 of 1,419 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, 5 of 15 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
5
of 15 officers
33.3% Cardiac
DC — Statewide
71
of 1,419 officers
5% Cardiac
Nationwide
1,306
of 32,508 officers
4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Julian Sangster Majors's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Julian Sangster Majors Compares

Age at End of Watch
37
This officer
Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

When Cardiac Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Julian Sangster Majors is highlighted in Oct.

Jan
124
Feb
105
Mar
99
Apr
116
May
115
Jun
95
Jul
94
Aug
104
Sep
109
Oct
121
Nov
113
Dec
111

Incident Location