Roll of Honor
Charles H. V. Fusselman
Incident
Deputy Marshal Charley Henry Vanvalkenburg Fusselman was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend rustlers stealing cattle. On April 17, 1890, Sergeant Fusselman was in El Paso to attend court. While at the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, a rancher complained that some bandits had stolen a number of his cattle. The deputy sheriff could not leave the office, so Fusselman agreed to accompany him and a 60-year-old former ranger and lawman in chasing the rustlers. They quickly captured one of the rustlers who was a lookout. The three men found the cattle and assumed the rustlers had fled, but they were ambushed. Deputy Marshal Fusselman was killed instantly. The two other men fled and the posse could not find the rustlers. Ultimately, a well-known rustler along the Mexican border was identified as the man who killed Charles Fusselman. On October 6, 1898 - over eight years after Fusselman’s death - the suspect was convicted and sentenced to hang. He was executed on January 5, 1900. Charley Fusselman was promoted to Sergeant in the Texas Rangers and given an appointment as a Deputy U. S. Marshal, where he served for almost two years. He was buried in the Lagarto Cemetery in Live Oak County. The canyon in the Franklin Mountains in El Paso County where Fusselman was killed is now named Fusselman Canyon.
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Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Deputy U.S. Marshal Charles H. V. Fusselman 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. Charles H. V. Fusselman's cause is highlighted.
How Charles H. V. Fusselman Compares
Offender Outcome
Hanged
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Charles H. V. Fusselman is highlighted in Apr.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Charles H. V. Fusselman was killed by rifle; winchester.
Incident Location
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