Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Jimmie Biggs was killed in an on-duty airplane crash approximately 5-1/2 miles southeast of Arthur, Ida County, at about 11:30 pm. He and the Woodbury County Attorney were returning from Des Moines after taking a girl to the Iowa State Training School. Deputy Sheriff Biggs was a WWII veteran. He had served with the Woodbury County Sheriff's Office for one year and had previously served with the Sioux City Police Department for five years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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- 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.
Deputy Sheriff Biggs gave the Woodbury County Sheriff's Office 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Sioux City community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jimmie M. Biggs served in the Navy (1942â1945) before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Jimmie M. Biggs 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 IA, 71 of 226 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Woodbury County Sheriff's Office, 3 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jimmie M. Biggs's cause is highlighted.
How Jimmie M. Biggs Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jimmie M. Biggs is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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