Stanley L. Larson
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Conservation Officer

Stanley L. Larson

Accident
End of Watch October 8, 1967
Age 62
Tour of Duty 26 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Conservation Officer Stanley Larson died from injuries sustained when his horse reared up and fell onto him at the Bowns Creek Fish and Game cabin along Big Smokey Creek, approximately 23 miles north of Fairfield. He and two other officers were loading horses into a trailer for transport when the accident happened. The horn of his horse's saddle struck him and caused fatal internal injuries. Officer Larson had served with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game for 26 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and six children.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

26 years. You could have gone home.
Conservation Officer Larson gave the Idaho Department of Fish and Game 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Boise community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Conservation Officer Larson.

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

Agency

Location Boise, ID
Platform Identity idahcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 8, 1967
Tour of Duty 26 yrs
Age 62
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Conservation Officer Stanley L. Larson 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 ID, 21 of 71 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.6% of this state's fallen. That is 1.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

Idaho Department of Fish and Game
2
of 5 officers
40% Accident
ID — Statewide
21
of 71 officers
29.6% 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. Stanley L. Larson'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 Stanley L. Larson Compares

Age at End of Watch
62
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
26
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Stanley L. Larson 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