Louis Steven Perrine

Oregon Department of Corrections — Salem, OR

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch November 17, 1994

Age 49

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 10

Incident

Correctional Officer Louis Perrine was killed when a tractor overturned on him as he supervised a work crew at the old Arnold Granary in North Powder, Oregon. Officer Perrine was assigned to the Powder River Correctional Institution.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Perrine served with the Oregon Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oregon. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Perrine.

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

Agency

Department Oregon Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Salem, OR

Platform Identity odcorr.marion.or.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 17, 1994

Age 49

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Louis Steven Perrine served in the U.S. Air Force (1965â1968) before joining law enforcement.

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Correctional Officer Louis Steven Perrine 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 OR, 66 of 197 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.5% of this state's fallen. That is 33.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Oregon Department of Corrections, 1 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 9.1% of this agency's fallen.

Oregon Department of Corrections

of 11 officers

9.1% Accident

OR — Statewide

of 197 officers

33.5% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident