Lloyd Donald Heilman

Mohave County Sheriff's Office — Kingman, AZ

Accident Veteran

End of Watch November 8, 1973

Age 48

Badge 40

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Donald Heilman and Deputy Frank Howard were killed in an aircraft accident while searching for escapees from the Mohave County Jail. The two deputies were killed when their airplane crashed in the Cerbat Mountains during a multi-agency search for the five escapees. The fugitives were caught the next day. Deputy Heilman was a United States Navy WWII and Korean War veteran.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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.
Deputy Sheriff Heilman served with the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Kingman community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— 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 November 8, 1973

Age 48

Badge Number 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Lloyd Donald Heilman served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Donald Heilman 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 AZ, 95 of 330 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.8% of this state's fallen. That is 2.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Mohave County Sheriff's Office, 4 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Mohave County Sheriff's Office

of 8 officers

50% Accident

AZ — Statewide

of 330 officers

28.8% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident