Philip B. Lowd

Oregon State Police — Salem, OR

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch June 24, 1952

Age 54

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

The Vigil Panel 88 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 30

Incident

Trooper Philip Lowd was shot and killed when he and two other officers responded to the home of a man who had shot at a United States Forest Service survey crew in the Union Creek area of Jackson County. As the troopers approached the cabin the suspect fired at them and then fled into the woods. When the troopers began looking for him the man opened fire and fatally wounded Trooper Lowd. The suspect remained at large until being apprehended four days later. He was convicted of second degree murder and subsequently sent to the Oregon State Hospital, where he died in 1967. Trooper Lowd was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWI. He had served with the Oregon State Police for 20 years and had previously served with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and as a patrolman with the State Forest Service for an additional seven years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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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.
Trooper Lowd gave the Oregon State Police 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oregon, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Oregon State Police

Type State Police

Location Salem, OR

Platform Identity osp.or.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 24, 1952

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

Age 54

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Philip B. Lowd served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Philip B. Lowd is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In OR, 115 of 197 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58.4% of this state's fallen. That is 58.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Oregon State Police, 16 of 31 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 51.6% of this agency's fallen.

Oregon State Police

of 31 officers

51.6% Felonious

OR — Statewide

115

of 197 officers

58.4% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious