Roll of Honor
Marion Asher Braddock Tatum
Incident
Deputy Collector Marion Tatum died after falling from a railroad trestle in Athens, Georgia.
The train he was riding on stopped short of the station. As he steppe off of the train he fell from the trestle into the North Oconee River 75-feet below.
Deputy Collector Tatum was survived by his wife and seven children.
Survivors
Deputy Collector Tatum was survived by his wife and seven children.
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Deputy Collector Tatum served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Deputy Collector Marion Asher Braddock Tatum 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 DC, 453 of 1,418 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 31.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue, 2 of 27 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 7.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Marion Asher Braddock Tatum's cause is highlighted.
How Marion Asher Braddock Tatum Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Marion Asher Braddock Tatum is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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