Roll of Honor
Olaf Pearson Lofquist
Incident
Game Warden Ole Lofquist was killed when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by a Northern Pacific Railroad passenger train in Aitkin, Minnesota.
He and another game warden were en route to the courthouse to testify in a deer poaching case when the crash occurred at the Knox Bridge railroad crossing.
Warden Lofquist was a WWI veteran and had served with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for 9-1/2 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and six daughters.
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- April 2, 2026
- 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.
Game Warden Lofquist gave the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul 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
Olaf Pearson Lofquist served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Game Warden Olaf Pearson Lofquist 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 MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division, 11 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 61.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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