Leslie Delbert Bugg

New Mexico State Police — Santa Fe, NM

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 21, 1946

Age 26

Tour of Duty 4 mo

The Vigil Panel 82 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 28

Incident

Patrolman Leslie Bugg succumbed to injuries received in a motorcycle accident the previous day. He was on patrol on U.S. 66 on the outskirts of Tucumcari when an oncoming car crossed into his lane and struck his motorcycle. Patrolman Bugg was a United States Army World War II veteran and had served with the New Mexico State Police for four months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and her four children.

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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.
Patrolman Bugg served with the New Mexico State Police.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Mexico, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department New Mexico State Police

Type State Police

Location Santa Fe, NM

Platform Identity nmsp.nm.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 21, 1946

Tour of Duty 4 mo

Age 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Leslie Delbert Bugg served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Leslie Delbert Bugg 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 NM, 59 of 193 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.6% of this state's fallen. That is 30.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At New Mexico State Police, 18 of 29 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 62.1% of this agency's fallen.

New Mexico State Police

of 29 officers

62.1% Accident

NM — Statewide

of 193 officers

30.6% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident