Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Gilbert Duthie drowned when his patrol car was washed away by flood waters when Sycamore Creek, near Sunflower, Arizona, overflowed. He was responding to assist stranded citizens due to the flooding. He was driving on the Beeline Highway and did not see that a portion of the bridge had been washed out. His patrol car left the roadway, went into the creek, and was washed away. A monument in Officer Duthie's honor was placed at the north side of the bridge.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Duthie served with the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
Thank you for your service to the people of Arizona. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Duthie.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Gilbert A. Duthie 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 Arizona Department of Public Safety, 15 of 31 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Gilbert A. Duthie's cause is highlighted.
How Gilbert A. Duthie Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Gilbert A. Duthie is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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