Julious David Miller
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Deputy U.S. Marshal

Julious David Miller

Felonious
End of Watch April 3, 1892
Age 34
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Gender Male

Incident

Location: North Carolina Weapon: Handgun Offender: Arrested

Deputy Marshal Julious Miller was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a horse thief in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

Deputy Marshal Miller had tracked the subject from Union County, Tennessee, through four counties until locating him at the Little Rock Church, between Lenoir and Wilkesboro.

The two exchanged shots and Deputy Marshal Miller was killed. The man fled into the nearby woods and escaped. He was eventually arrested and returned to North Carolina, but it is not known if he was ever convicted.

Deputy Marshal Miller was survived by his wife and three children.

Survivors

Deputy Marshal Miller was survived by his wife and three children.

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134 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Miller served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 3, 1892
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

Deputy U.S. Marshal Julious David Miller is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In DC, 754 of 1,418 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.2% of this state's fallen. That is 53.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 251 of 313 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80.2% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service
251
of 313 officers
80.2% Felonious
DC — Statewide
754
of 1,418 officers
53.2% Felonious
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Julious David Miller's cause is highlighted.

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

How Julious David Miller Compares

Age at Death
34
This officer
Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Julious David Miller is highlighted in Apr.

Jan
1,392
Feb
1,295
Mar
1,373
Apr
1,516
May
1,504
Jun
1,442
Jul
1,587
Aug
1,517
Sep
1,491
Oct
1,371
Nov
1,447
Dec
1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Julious David Miller was killed by handgun.

Handgun
3,684
Gun
3,592
Gun; Unknown type
1,492
Shotgun
1,109
Rifle
935
Officer's handgun
909

Incident Location