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Police Officer

Kevin Paul Marceau

Dallas Police Department — Dallas, TX

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch January 14, 2011

Age 47

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

The Vigil Panel 159 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 94

Incident

Officer Kevin Marceau died as the result of injuries sustained on November 13, 1996, when he was struck by a vehicle while chasing a hit-and-run suspect.

He was working an off duty law enforcement job near White Rock Lake when he observed a car accident. He began to chase one of the drivers on foot as the man attempted to flee the scene. As they ran across Garland Road, Officer Marceau was struck by a vehicle.

The officer was rushed to a nearby hospital where he remained in a coma for several weeks due to severe head injuries. He underwent several surgeries in which part of his brain was removed. He remained in a wheelchair and unable to communicate until passing away from complications of the injuries on January 14, 2011.

Officer Marceau was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the Dallas Police Department for seven years.

Survivors

He is survived by his son, parents, and four siblings.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

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.
Police Officer Marceau gave the Dallas Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Dallas Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Dallas, TX

Platform Identity dpd.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 14, 2011

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Struck by vehicle

Military Service

Kevin Paul Marceau served in the U.S. Air Force (1985â1989) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Kevin Paul Marceau is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In TX, 657 of 2,421 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%.

At Dallas Police Department, 30 of 95 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.6% of this agency's fallen.

Dallas Police Department

of 95 officers

31.6% Accident

TX — Statewide

657

of 2,421 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident