U.S. Game Warden

Delbert Hubbard

United States Department of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service - Division of Refuge Law Enforcement — Falls Church, VA

Accident

End of Watch January 11, 1938

Age 33

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 8

Incident

U.S. Game Warden Delbert Hubbard succumbed to an accidental shot wound sustained as the result of an accidental discharge while responding to reports of poaching on the Mississippi River south of Dorena, Missouri.

He and his partner had received reports that three people were shooting ducks in the area. Game Warden Hubbard had arrested a man and boy for poaching and was leading them back to his car. He was climbing up the river bank through brush when his revolver, which he was carrying in a shoulder holster, discharged. The round struck him in the leg causing a serious injury. He was transported to the Poplar Bluff Hospital where he died from the wound on January 11th, 1938.

Game Warden Hubbard had served with the United States Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Biological Survey - Division of Game Management for three years. The agency later became the United States Department of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service - Division of Refuge Law Enforcement.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, parents, three brothers, and two sisters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
U.S. Game Warden Hubbard gave the United States Department of the Interior 3 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, U.S. Game Warden Hubbard.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service - Division of Refuge Law Enforcement

Location Falls Church, VA

Platform Identity usdifwsdrlecons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 11, 1938

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 33

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

U.S. Game Warden Delbert Hubbard 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 VA, 203 of 654 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31% of this state's fallen.

At United States Department of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service - Division of Refuge Law Enforcement, 4 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service - Division of Refuge Law Enforcement

of 9 officers

44.4% Accident

VA — Statewide

203

of 654 officers

31% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident