Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Jerry Ryan drowned while attempting to rescue a woman who had been thrown overboard when the rowboat she was riding in capsized.
Sheriff Ryan was attending a family picnic at the pond and was attempting to rescue the woman when he became physically exhausted and both he and the woman went under and drowned.
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- July 23, 2026
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136 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sheriff Ryan served with the Gila County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Globe community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Jeremiah "Jerry" Ryan 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 Gila County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jeremiah "Jerry" Ryan's cause is highlighted.
How Jeremiah "Jerry" Ryan Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jeremiah "Jerry" Ryan is highlighted in Jun.
Others Who Wore This Badge
7 officers from Gila County Sheriff's Office are honored on badge.nw.
