Tatiana Khaghani-Dees

United States Army Military Police Corps — Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Accident Veteran

End of Watch January 7, 1991

Age 34

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

The Vigil Panel 136 ›

Gender Female

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 64

Incident

Staff Sergeant Tatiana Khaghani-Dees drowned when she lost her footing while investigating a suspicious person at a pier in Dammam, Saudia Arabia, at 11:30 pm.

Staff Sergeant Khaghani-Dees and her partner were on patrol when they noticed a photographer taking photos of military cargo from a crane. As both officers were waiting for local police to complete the arrest of the photographer, Staff Sergeant Khaghani-Dees lost her footing while avoiding military cargo. She fell backward off the pier and into the Arabian Gulf, wearing 50 pounds of battle gear. Staff Sergeant Khaghani-Dees was pulled from the water, where life-saving measures were given.

Staff Sergeant Khaghani-Dees served with the United States Army Military Police Corps for ten years and was assigned to the 92nd Military Police Company.

Survivors

She was survived by her son, daughter, father, and two brothers.

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Tributes

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.
Staff Sergeant Khaghani-Dees gave the United States Army Military Police Corps 10 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, sister.

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

Agency

Department United States Army Military Police Corps

Location Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Platform Identity usampcmp.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 7, 1991

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 34

Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Tatiana Khaghani-Dees served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Staff Sergeant Tatiana Khaghani-Dees 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At United States Army Military Police Corps, 39 of 65 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

United States Army Military Police Corps

of 65 officers

60% Accident

MO — Statewide

237

of 813 officers

29.2% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident