Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain John Derby was killed when his motorcycle went over an embankment while on patrol near the town of Castella in Shasta County. Captain Derby was a State Traffic Officer and a member of the Siskiyou County Traffic Squad and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War I. He was survived by his wife, father, and brother. He is buried in the Dunsmuir City Cemetery in Dunsmuir, California.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, father, and brother.
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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.
Captain Derby served with the Siskiyou County State Traffic Force.
Thank you for your service to the Yreka community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
John Andrew Derby served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Captain John Andrew Derby 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Andrew Derby's cause is highlighted.
How John Andrew Derby Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Andrew Derby is highlighted in Sep.