William James Marie

Lake County Sheriff's Office — Tavares, FL

Accident

End of Watch March 19, 1994

Age 42

Badge 104

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 9

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Bill Marie was killed when the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a swampy area near North Branford, Connecticut. The Lake County Sheriff's Office had purchased the surplus Hughes 369A helicopter from the Rhode Island Army National Guard and Deputy Marie had just picked it up to fly it to Florida. He had taken off from Quonset State Airport in Rhode Island and was flying to Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey when the engine lost power. He was attempting to make an emergency landing in a meadow when he crashed into several trees south of Middletown Avenue, near Woods Hill Road.

Survivors

Deputy Marie is survived by his wife and daughter.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Lake County Sheriff's Office

Location Tavares, FL

Platform Identity lcso.lake.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 19, 1994

Age 42

Badge Number 104

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff William James Marie 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 FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 0.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Lake County Sheriff's Office, 4 of 10 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

Lake County Sheriff's Office

of 10 officers

40% Accident

FL — Statewide

313

of 1,008 officers

31.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident