Roll of Honor
Vincent D. Kaskeski
Incident
Inspector Vincent Kaskeski was killed during an inspection of an oil freighter in the Delaware Bay, Delaware. Inspector Kaskeski was inspecting the freighter Tulsa Getty after it had run aground at Big Stone Anchorage. He was attempting to jump from the freighter's ladder back onto a pilot boat when he fell into the water. The pilot boat's crew threw him a life preserver, but he was struck by a large wave. The water temperature was approximately 40 degrees. Despite a massive search, his body was not located for five months.
Survivors
Inspector Kaskeski was survived by his wife and five children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector Kaskeski served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Kaskeski.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Inspector Vincent D. Kaskeski 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 - United States Customs Service, 44 of 94 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 46.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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