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Deputy Collector

Marion Asher Braddock Tatum

United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue — Washington, DC

Accident

End of Watch October 19, 1897

Age 43

The Vigil Panel 14 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 26

Incident

Deputy Collector Marion Tatum died after falling from a railroad trestle in Athens, Georgia.

The train he was riding on stopped short of the station. As he steppe off of the train he fell from the trestle into the North Oconee River 75-feet below.

Deputy Collector Tatum was survived by his wife and seven children.

Survivors

Deputy Collector Tatum was survived by his wife and seven children.

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129 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Collector Tatum served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdtoirfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 19, 1897

Age 43

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Collector Marion Asher Braddock Tatum 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 - Office of Internal Revenue, 2 of 27 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 7.4% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue

of 27 officers

7.4% Accident

DC — Statewide

454

of 1,419 officers

32% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Marion Asher Braddock Tatum's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Marion Asher Braddock Tatum Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Marion Asher Braddock Tatum is highlighted in Oct.

Jan

820

Feb

730

Mar

748

Apr

707

May

847

Jun

795

Jul

897

Aug

937

Sep

913

Oct

925

Nov

872

Dec

897

Incident Location

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