Lisa Gene Wampole
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Sergeant

Lisa Gene Wampole

Coos County Sheriff's Office — Coquille, OR
Accident
End of Watch July 20, 1999
Age 41
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Sergeant Lisa Wampole was killed in a vehicle crash while en route to the courthouse at approximately 6:45 am.

Another vehicle swerved into her lane and struck her cruiser head-on as he drove across a bridge on North Bank Lane.

Sergeant Wampole had served with the Coos County Sheriff's Office for 20 years and had previously served with the New York City Transit Police Department.

Survivors

Survivors include her husband.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-OR-26DA4955
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Wampole gave the Coos County Sheriff's Office 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Coquille community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Wampole.

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

Agency

Location Coquille, OR
Platform Identity ccso.coos.or.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 20, 1999
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 41
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sergeant Lisa Gene Wampole 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 OR, 66 of 197 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.5% of this state's fallen. That is 2.5 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Coos County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Coos County Sheriff's Office
2
of 2 officers
100% Accident
OR — Statewide
66
of 197 officers
33.5% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lisa Gene Wampole's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Lisa Gene Wampole Compares

Age at End of Watch
41
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
20
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Lisa Gene Wampole is highlighted in Jul.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location

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