Marvin Rudolph Brewster
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Sergeant

Marvin Rudolph Brewster

Josephine County Sheriff's Office — Grants Pass, OR
Accident
End of Watch April 21, 1972
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Brewster was killed when his patrol vehicle collided with a log truck near Murphy, Oregon.

Sergeant Brewster had been with the Josephine County Sheriff's Office for six years.

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Brewster gave the Josephine County Sheriff's Office 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Grants Pass community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Brewster.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Grants Pass, OR
Platform Identity jcso.josephine.or.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 21, 1972
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sergeant Marvin Rudolph Brewster 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 OR, 66 of 197 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.5% of this state's fallen. That is 2.5 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Josephine County Sheriff's Office, 4 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Josephine County Sheriff's Office
4
of 4 officers
100% Accident
OR — Statewide
66
of 197 officers
33.5% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Marvin Rudolph Brewster's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Marvin Rudolph Brewster Compares

Years of Service
6
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Marvin Rudolph Brewster is highlighted in Apr.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897