Roll of Honor
Herbert Melvin Goddard
Incident
Location: Oklahoma Incident Date: Monday, August 13, 1900 Weapon: Gun; Unknown type Offender: Died in jail
Deputy Marshal Herbert Goddard succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day in Goodwater, Oklahoma while attempting to serve a warrant on an Indian for murder.
Despite being wounded, Deputy Marshal Goddard was able to return fire with a shotgun. Five days later the suspect was found hiding in nearby woods suffering from nine buckshot pellet wounds. He was admitted to the Mcallister Jail Hospital where he died in May of 1901.
Deputy Marshal Goddard had served with the United States Marshals Service for one year.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four children.
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You barely got started.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Goddard gave the United States Department of Justice 1 year.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy U.S. Marshal Goddard.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy U.S. Marshal Herbert Melvin Goddard is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
At United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 251 of 313 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Herbert Melvin Goddard's cause is highlighted.
How Herbert Melvin Goddard Compares
Offender Outcome
Died in jail
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Herbert Melvin Goddard is highlighted in Aug.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Herbert Melvin Goddard was killed by gun; unknown type.
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