Howard Daniel Starling

Florida Department of Corrections — Tallahassee, FL

Cardiac Veteran

End of Watch July 4, 1964

Age 46

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Sergeant Howard Starling suffered a fatal heart attack while chasing an escapee through a swamp.

Sergeant Starling was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII and had served with the Florida Department of Corrections for six years. He was assigned to the Florida State Prison.

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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 Starling gave the Florida Department of Corrections 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Florida. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Florida Department of Corrections

Location Tallahassee, FL

Platform Identity fdcorr.leon.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 4, 1964

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Weapon Not available

Offender Not available

Military Service

Howard Daniel Starling served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Sergeant Howard Daniel Starling is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In FL, 62 of 1,008 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 6.2% of this state's fallen. That is 2.2 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Florida Department of Corrections, 6 of 33 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 18.2% of this agency's fallen.

Florida Department of Corrections

of 33 officers

18.2% Cardiac

FL — Statewide

of 1,008 officers

6.2% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac