Marshall R. Foster

Indianapolis Police Department — Indianapolis, IN

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch July 4, 1947

Age 28

Tour of Duty 3 mo

The Vigil Panel 83 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 58

Incident

Officer Marshall Foster was struck by a vehicle and killed while directing traffic at the scene of a fire at Michigan and Alabama streets. Officer Foster was a United States Army WW II veteran who served with the Indianapolis Police Department for only three months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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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 Foster served with the Indianapolis Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Indianapolis 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 Indianapolis Police Department

Type Other

Location Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Platform Identity ipd.marion.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 4, 1947

Tour of Duty 3 mo

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Marshall R. Foster served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Marshall R. Foster is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In IN, 152 of 504 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.2% of this state's fallen. That is 30.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Indianapolis Police Department, 19 of 59 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.2% of this agency's fallen.

Indianapolis Police Department

of 59 officers

32.2% Accident

IN — Statewide

152

of 504 officers

30.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident