Roll of Honor
Louis Edward Stiger
Incident
Sergeant Louis Stiger was accidentally shot and killed at the Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, when a .45 caliber service weapon held by another MP was accidentally discharged.
The round fatally wounded Sergeant Stiger and wounded a second MP in the leg.
Sergeant Stiger was a US Army veteran of WWII.
Survivors
He was survived by his parents.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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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.
Sergeant Stiger served with the United States Army Military Police Corps.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Louis Edward Stiger served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Sergeant Louis Edward Stiger 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Louis Edward Stiger's cause is highlighted.
How Louis Edward Stiger Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Louis Edward Stiger is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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