Norval Lee DeArmond
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Investigator

Norval Lee DeArmond

Accident
End of Watch January 1, 1940
Age 53
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Gender Male

Incident

Investigator Norval DeArmond succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile crash near Barneston, Nebraska, 24 days earlier. He and another agent had pursued the vehicle for over 40 miles from Nebraska into Kansas and back into Nebraska. Their vehicle crashed when the driver failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway. Two men were arrested in connection with the incident and it was later determined that the car they had been driving had also been reported stolen.

Survivors

Investigator DeArmond was survived by his wife, three children, and two siblings.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Investigator DeArmond served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Investigator DeArmond.

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

Agency

Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdtirsatufed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 1, 1940
Age 53
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Weapon Automobile
Offender Arrested

Investigator Norval Lee DeArmond 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 DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, 11 of 30 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 36.7% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit
11
of 30 officers
36.7% Accident
DC — Statewide
454
of 1,419 officers
32% 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. Norval Lee DeArmond'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 Norval Lee DeArmond Compares

Age at End of Watch
53
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Offender Outcome

Arrested

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Norval Lee DeArmond is highlighted in Jan.

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

Incident Location