Robert Ray "Bobby" Walker

Mohave County Sheriff's Office — Kingman, AZ

Cardiac

End of Watch December 31, 1969

Age 43

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Deputy Walker suffered a heart attack while scuffling with two teen-aged suspects. Deputy Walker and another deputy had stopped the subjects to investigate them for driving while intoxicated. Deputy Walker was taken to Mohave General Hospital where he died an hour and a half later. Deputy Walker was also the pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Kingman.

Survivors

Deputy Walker was survived by his wife Bessie and daughter Treleta.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Walker served with the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Kingman community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Walker.

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

Agency

Department Mohave County Sheriff's Office

Location Kingman, AZ

Platform Identity mcso.mohave.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 31, 1969

Age 43

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Deputy Sheriff Robert Ray "Bobby" Walker 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 AZ, 11 of 330 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.

At Mohave County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 8 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 12.5% of this agency's fallen.

Mohave County Sheriff's Office

of 8 officers

12.5% Cardiac

AZ — Statewide

of 330 officers

3.3% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac