Kenneth Meenan

United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service — Washington, DC

Accident

End of Watch August 5, 1934

Age 22

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 39

Incident

Location: Colorado Incident Date: Monday, August 13, 1934

Park Ranger Kenneth Meenan succumbed to injuries sustained eight days earlier while on motorcycle patrol in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

His motorcycle collided with a vehicle on Trail Ridge Road, north of the Grand Lake entrance to the park. He was transported to St. Luke's Hospital, in Denver, where his foot was amputated. He died after developing septic poisoning.

Ranger Meenan had served with the National Park Service for three years.

Thank you for your service.

Tim Liddell CA Hwy Patrol 5342 ( retired ) April 4th, 2025

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Park Ranger Meenan gave the United States Department of the Interior 3 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Park Ranger Meenan.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdinpsfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 5, 1934

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 22

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Motorcycle crash

Park Ranger Kenneth Meenan is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service, 28 of 40 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 70% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service

of 40 officers

70% Accident

DC — Statewide

454

of 1,419 officers

32% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident