Roll of Honor
Robert L. Pate
Incident
Location: Arkansas Incident Date: Saturday, July 14, 1894
Special Deputy Marshal Pate succumbed to an accidental gunshot wound sustained 2 months earlier while on duty during a railroad strike in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Special Deputy Marshal Pate and three other special deputies were guarding one of the city's railroad yards from the strikers.
When one of the other special deputies stood up his revolver fell from its holster and discharged. The round struck Special Deputy Marshal Pate in the forehead, causing a serious wound. He was returned home by train where he began to recover. His recovery took a sudden turn for the worse and he succumbed to the wound on September 29, 1894.
Special Deputy Marshal Pate was survived by his wife.
Survivors
Special Deputy Marshal Pate was survived by his wife.
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Special Deputy Marshal Pate served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
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Incident Details
Special Deputy Marshal Robert L. Pate 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 DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 43 of 313 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 13.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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