Roll of Honor
Murdock E. Murray
Incident
Federal Prohibition Agent Murdock Murray was killed in an automobile crash in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota while returning to Baudette at the end of his shift patrolling the Canadian border. His vehicle overturned when he swerved to avoid striking a farmer driving a team of horses. He was taken to his home where he succumbed to his injuries at approximately 1:00 am. Agent Murray had only served with the Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit for 21 days.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Federal Prohibition Agent Murray served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Federal Prohibition Agent Murray.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Federal Prohibition Agent Murdock E. Murray is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In DC, 453 of 1,418 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 31.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit, 11 of 59 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 18.6% of this agency's fallen.
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