Marshall N. White

Ogden Police Department — Ogden, UT

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch October 18, 1963

Age 54

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 9

Incident

Detective Sergeant Marshall White was shot and killed by a juvenile who had broken into a home. Neighbors called police after hearing glass breaking and seeing a juvenile enter a house on Quincy Street. Sergeant White and five other officers responded to the break in. He and three officers entered the house and proceeded down a hallway leading to the bedrooms. As they were halfway down the hallway, the suspect came out of a bedroom armed with a .32-caliber carbine. Sergeant White attempted to talk the suspect into surrendering the rifle. The suspect fired the rifle and struck Sergeant White in the abdomen. The suspect retreated into the bedroom and the two officers were able to take Sergeant White outside where he was transported to a local hospital. Detective Sergeant Marshall White died three days later from his wounds. The officers remaining on the scene were able to talk the suspect into surrendering. The juvenile suspect was charged as a juvenile with felonious assault, escape from a juvenile facility, larceny, and third-degree burglary prior to Sergeant White’s death. After his death, he was charged with first-degree murder. To avoid the death penalty the 17-year-old suspect pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison. He escaped from prison four times between 1965 and 1972. Each time he was captured within a few days. He was paroled December 14, 1976. On October 31, 1977, he was shot and critically wounded by a deputy sheriff when he ignored the officer's command to halt as he fled from a Salt Lake City grocery store he had just robbed. Detective Sergeant Marshall White was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and served fifteen years as a law enforcement officer.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, three sons and four daughters.

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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.
Detective Sergeant White gave the Ogden Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Ogden 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 Ogden Police Department

Location Ogden, UT

Platform Identity opd.weber.ut.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 18, 1963

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Age 54

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle; .32 caliber carbine

Offender Cause: Gunfire

Military Service

Marshall N. White served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Detective Sergeant Marshall N. White is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In UT, 84 of 138 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.9% of this state's fallen. That is 6.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Ogden Police Department, 9 of 10 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 90% of this agency's fallen.

Ogden Police Department

of 10 officers

90% Felonious

UT — Statewide

of 138 officers

60.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious