Roll of Honor
Larry Dean Duronso
Incident
Assistant Chief of Police Larry Duronso and Reserve Officer Douglas Krenz were killed in an aircraft accident while searching for the body of a murder victim in Whatcom County. Officer Krenz, a licensed pilot, was piloting the single engine plane when it experienced engine trouble and lost altitude several minutes after taking off from a field four miles west of Lynden. The plane crashed as Officer Krenz attempted an emergency landing. Assistant Chief Duronso had served with the Blaine Police Department for seven years.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Assistant Chief of Police Duronso gave the Blaine Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Blaine community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Assistant Chief of Police Duronso.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Larry Dean Duronso served in the U.S. Navy (1966â1968) before joining law enforcement.
Assistant Chief of Police Larry Dean Duronso is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In WA, 111 of 340 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.6% of this state's fallen. That is 32.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Blaine Police Department, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Larry Dean Duronso's cause is highlighted.
How Larry Dean Duronso Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Larry Dean Duronso is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
Military Service
Larry Dean Duronso served in the U.S. Navy (1966–1968) before joining law enforcement.
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