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Deputy U.S. Marshal

Robert S. Cheshire Jr.

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service — Washington, DC

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch February 13, 1983

Age 32

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Badge 5206

The Vigil Panel 126 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 312

Incident

Deputy Marshal Robert Cheshire and Marshal Kenneth Muir were shot and killed at 5:45 p.m. while attempting to serve an arrest warrant on a man for parole violation and income tax evasion. The suspect was traveling in a vehicle with his son and another man when they were stopped at a roadblock on Stutsman County Road 68 about a 1/2 mile north of Medina. All three men were armed with mini-14 rifles. After a 20-minute standoff, a gun battle began between law enforcement, the suspect, and the two other men. During the shootout, Deputy Marshal Chesire and Marshal Muir were mortally wounded. The main suspect escaped but his accomplices were wounded, apprehended, and sentenced to life in prison. Four months later the main suspect shot and killed Sheriff Harold Matthews, of the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department, Arkansas. Sheriff Matthews was participating in a raid in an attempt to arrest the man and was able to shoot and kill the suspect before succumbing to his own mortal wounds. Deputy Cheshire was a U.S. Navy veteran and was active in the North Dakota National Guard.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and three young children.

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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.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Cheshire gave the United States Department of Justice 5 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 United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service

Type Federal Agency

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 13, 1983

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 32

Badge Number 5206

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle

Military Service

Robert S. Cheshire Jr. served in the U.S. Navy (1973â1977) before joining law enforcement.

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Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert S. Cheshire Jr. 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 DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 53.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 251 of 313 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80.2% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service

251

of 313 officers

80.2% Felonious

DC — Statewide

754

of 1,419 officers

53.1% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious