Roll of Honor
Milburn Wilbur Beitel, III
Incident
Police Officer Millie Beitel succumbed to injuries sustained the previous day in a single-vehicle crash.
He and his partner were traveling through the intersection of Washington Avenue and Nellis Boulevard when the driver of another vehicle pulled into their path. The driver of the patrol car took evasive actions, but the vehicle went out of control and crashed.
Both officers were transported to University Medical Center in serious condition. Officer Beitel succumbed to his injuries several hours later.
Officer Beitel was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for five years.
Survivors
He is survived by his parents and younger brother.
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- 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.
Police Officer Beitel gave the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Las Vegas community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Milburn Wilbur Beitel, III served in the Marine Corps (1997â2001) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Milburn Wilbur Beitel, III 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 NV, 40 of 145 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 8 of 24 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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