Roll of Honor
Melvin Lewis Garrison, Jr.
Incident
Game Warden Melvin Garrison drowned under suspicious circumstances in the Deep Fork River arm of Eufala Lake while on patrol for illegal duck hunters. After he failed to return home a search party located his body in three feet of water. His uniform was in disarray as if he had been in a struggle, and his shotgun was never found. However, no other evidence was ever located and his death was ruled as an accidental drowning. Game Warden Garrison had served with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Cosnervation for seven months.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two young daughters.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Game Warden Garrison served with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
Thank you for your service to the Oklahoma City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Game Warden Garrison.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Game Warden Melvin Lewis Garrison, Jr. 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 OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Melvin Lewis Garrison, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Melvin Lewis Garrison, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Melvin Lewis Garrison, Jr. is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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