Loyd Dean Gustin

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Law Enforcement Division — Austin, TX

Accident Veteran

End of Watch March 25, 1968

Age 32

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Game Warden Loyd Gustin drowned while on patrol on Lake Somerville in Burleson County.

His patrol boat's exhaust hose parted, filling the boat with water. He became trapped inside as it sunk.

Game Warden Gustin was a U.S. military veteran and had served with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Law Enforcement Division for seven years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 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.
Game Warden Gustin gave the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Austin 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 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Law Enforcement Division

Location Austin, TX

Platform Identity tpwdledcons.travis.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 25, 1968

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Loyd Dean Gustin served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Game Warden Loyd Dean Gustin 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Law Enforcement Division, 7 of 14 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Law Enforcement Division

of 14 officers

50% Accident

TX — Statewide

653

of 2,421 officers

27% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident