Robert Edward Fellows

Wichita Falls Police Department — Wichita Falls, TX

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 22, 1968

Age 28

Tour of Duty 4 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 6

Incident

Officer Fellows and Officer Walter Rappolee were crushed to death when a wall fell onto their patrol car. A large fire had destroyed a section of downtown Wichita Falls and the two officers were sitting in their patrol car in front of one of the damaged buildings when the wall collapsed and landed on top of the car. Officer Fellows had served with the Wichita Falls Police Department for just over 4.5 years.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Fellows gave the Wichita Falls Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Wichita Falls community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Fellows.

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

Agency

Department Wichita Falls Police Department

Type Other

Location Wichita Falls, TX

Platform Identity wfpd.wichita.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 22, 1968

Tour of Duty 4 yrs 6 mo

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Robert Edward Fellows served in the U.S. Air Force (1959â1963) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Robert Edward Fellows 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 TX, 657 of 2,422 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Wichita Falls Police Department, 4 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 57.1% of this agency's fallen.

Wichita Falls Police Department

of 7 officers

57.1% Accident

TX — Statewide

657

of 2,422 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident