Paul Robert Marks
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Investigator

Paul Robert Marks

Accident
End of Watch May 5, 1967
Age 42
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Gender Male

Incident

Investigator Marks succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile accident four months earlier in Fremont, California. The accident occurred while he was returning to Sonora after interviewing a jailed suspect.

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Investigator Marks served with the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Sonora community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Investigator Marks.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Sonora, CA
Platform Identity tcso.tuolumne.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 5, 1967
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Investigator Paul Robert Marks 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 CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office
2
of 3 officers
66.7% Accident
CA — Statewide
719
of 1,837 officers
39.1% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Paul Robert Marks's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Paul Robert Marks Compares

Age at End of Watch
42
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Paul Robert Marks is highlighted in May.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

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