United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has lost
313
officers
across 231 years on record.
251 — 80.2% — were killed feloniously,
meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty.
This is 30.7 percentage points above the national average of 49.5% for Federal Agencys — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.
43 officers were lost to accidents —
13.7% of this agency's fallen, compared to 37% nationally for Federal Agencys.
Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 7 officers who died did so in an accident.
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service honors
1 officer
whose death was linked to the weight of the job —
officers who served, who carried what the badge demands, and who deserve to be on this wall equally.
badge.nw is one of the only memorials that honors these officers without exception.
This represents 0.3% of this agency's fallen,
compared to a national average of 0.2% for Federal Agencys.
Cause of Death
How United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service's 313 fallen officers were lost
How This Agency Compares
Felonious rate vs. Federal Agencys — state and national
Based on 2,115 total officers across all Federal Agencys nationwide
and 1,248 in District of Columbia.