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Officer

Mark Allen MacPhail Sr.

Savannah Police Department — Savannah, GA

Veteran → Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch August 19, 1989

Age 27

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Badge 212

The Vigil Panel 135 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 30

Incident

Officer Mark MacPhail was shot and killed while working an off-duty security job at a bus station and fast food restaurant. He was shot when he responded to the cries of a homeless man who was being robbed and pistol-whipped. The robber shot Officer MacPhail underneath his vest and then again in the head as he fell. The subject was sentenced to death and executed on September 21, 2011, twenty-two years after his conviction. Officer MacPhail was a U.S. Army Ranger veteran and had served with the Savannah Police Department for three years. He is survived by his wife, 1-year-old daughter, infant son, mother, and siblings. He is buried in Hillcrest Abbey West Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, 1-year-old daughter, infant son, mother, and siblings.

In Our Keeping

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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.
Officer MacPhail gave the Savannah Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Savannah community, 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 Savannah Police Department

Type Other

Location Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Platform Identity spd.chatham.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 19, 1989

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 27

Badge Number 212

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Mark Allen MacPhail Sr. served in the U.S. Army (1980â1986) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Mark Allen MacPhail Sr. is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In GA, 548 of 904 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.6% of this state's fallen. That is 60.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Savannah Police Department, 21 of 31 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 67.7% of this agency's fallen.

Savannah Police Department

of 31 officers

67.7% Felonious

GA — Statewide

548

of 904 officers

60.6% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious