Randall Oakes Younger
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Investigator

Randall Oakes Younger

Cardiac
End of Watch June 1, 1943
Age 38
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Gender Male

Incident

Investigator R. Oakes Younger suffered a fatal heart attack while on emergency assignment in Amarillo, Texas. Investigator Younger stood up practically all day, riding the train from Amarillo to Dallas. He then accompanied investigators from Waco to Leon County in an exhausted physical condition. He suffered a heart attack and died in his motel room in Centerville, Texas. Investigator Younger was survived by his wife and two children. He was buried in Canyon, Randall County, Texas.

Survivors

Investigator Younger was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Investigator Younger served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Investigator Younger.

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

Agency

Location Washington, DC
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Service Record

End of Watch June 1, 1943
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Investigator Randall Oakes Younger is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In DC, 71 of 1,419 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, 7 of 30 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 23.3% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit
7
of 30 officers
23.3% Cardiac
DC — Statewide
71
of 1,419 officers
5% Cardiac
Nationwide
1,306
of 32,508 officers
4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Randall Oakes Younger's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Randall Oakes Younger Compares

Age at End of Watch
38
This officer
Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

When Cardiac Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Randall Oakes Younger is highlighted in Jun.

Jan
124
Feb
105
Mar
99
Apr
116
May
115
Jun
95
Jul
94
Aug
104
Sep
109
Oct
121
Nov
113
Dec
111

Incident Location