Roll of Honor
Thomas J. Morrell
Incident
Location: Arizona Incident Date: Saturday, June 13, 1987
Lance Corporal Thomas Morrell succumbed to injuries sustained when he fell while on patrol aboard MCAS Yuma in Yuma, Arizona.
Lance Corporal Morrell was conducting his routine patrol duties and climbed onto the roof of the Jet Engine Test Site Building #303 to gain an overview of his assigned patrol area. As he made his way across the roof of the building, he fell through an opening and landed on the concrete floor approximately 50 feet below.
After LCpl Morrell failed to check in at approximately 9:30 p.m., a search was initiated. He was found unconscious on the building floor at approximately midnight. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
LCpl Morrell was a military police officer who served with the United States Marine Corps for three years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, daughter, mother, father, two brothers, and four sisters.
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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.
Lance Corporal Morrell gave the United States Marine Corps Military Police 3 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Military Service
Thomas J. Morrell served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Lance Corporal Thomas J. Morrell 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 Marine Corps Military Police, 3 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
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