Robert Clayton Sizemore

Georgia Department of Natural Resources — Social Circle, GA

Felonious

End of Watch November 9, 1928

Age 47

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 9

Incident

Deputy Game Warden Robert Sizemore succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained seven days earlier when he was shot by a game violator he was attempting to arrest in a wooded area near Climax, Decatur County.

The man was suspected of hunting without a license. When he was approached by Warden Sizemore, the man shot him. He was later arrested and charged with murder.

Warden Sizemore was survived by his wife and seven children.

Survivors

Warden Sizemore was survived by his wife and seven children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Game Warden Sizemore served with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Thank you for your service to the Social Circle community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Game Warden Sizemore.

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

Agency

Department Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Location Social Circle, GA

Platform Identity gdnrcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 9, 1928

Age 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Charged with murder

Deputy Game Warden Robert Clayton Sizemore 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 GA, 548 of 903 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 7 of 10 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70% of this agency's fallen.

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

of 10 officers

70% Felonious

GA — Statewide

548

of 903 officers

60.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious