Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Darrell "Monty" Carmikle was killed in a helicopter crash while conducting an operation aimed at catching night hunters. He was acting as an observer when the Bell OH-58 helicopter crashed in Cleburne County, Arkansas, at approximately 1:00 am.
The contract pilot suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Sergeant Carmikle had served with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for 23 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and son.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
23 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Carmikle gave the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Little Rock community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Carmikle.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Darrell "Monty" Carmikle 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 AR, 92 of 372 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, 4 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Darrell "Monty" Carmikle's cause is highlighted.
How Darrell "Monty" Carmikle Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Darrell "Monty" Carmikle is highlighted in Nov.
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