Raymond Alexander Birdsong

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources — Frankfort, KY

Accident Veteran

End of Watch October 22, 1965

Age 50

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Conservation Officer Raymond Birdsong was killed in a head-on vehicle crash on Route 453, approximately one-half mile north of Grand Rivers, Kentucky.

Officer Birdsong was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and served with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources for eight years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, father, two sisters, four brothers, and two grandchildren.

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Added to badge.nw: 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.
Conservation Officer Birdsong gave the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources 8 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

Location Frankfort, KY

Platform Identity kdfwrcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 22, 1965

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Raymond Alexander Birdsong served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Conservation Officer Raymond Alexander Birdsong 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 KY, 161 of 983 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.4% of this state's fallen. That is 14.6 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, 4 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

of 9 officers

44.4% Accident

KY — Statewide

161

of 983 officers

16.4% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident