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Sergeant

Eldon K. Miller

Kansas Highway Patrol — Topeka, KS

Felonious Veteran →

End of Watch January 19, 1968

Age 48

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Badge 98

The Vigil Panel 103 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 10

Incident

Sergeant Eldon Miller was shot and killed while assisting area officers in a massive manhunt for two men and two women who had shot and wounded an Overland Park police officer after robbing a local bank. The assailant's abandoned vehicle was located near an Overland Park apartment complex. As officers searched the complex, one of the men fired through an apartment door at the officers. Sergeant Miller, who was outside of the apartment, jumped into a Johnson County Sheriff's Department patrol car and drove it towards the apartment's window to provide cover for officers who were outside. As he did so, the assailant opened fire through the window, striking him in the head. The assailant was seriously wounded by the other officers who returned fire. The other three suspects who were not with Sergeant Miller's killer were arrested ten days later. The suspect, out on parole for killing a man in Oregon, was convicted of Sergeant Miller's murder and several bank robberies, receiving a total of 265 years in prison. He was released from prison on May 24, 2005. He died in 2016. Sergeant Miller was a United States Army Air Corp WWII veteran and had served with the Kansas Highway Patrol for 15 years. He is survived by his wife and son. A section of U.S. Highway 75 outside of Miller's home of Yates Center has been renamed the Eldon K. Miller Memorial Highway.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and son.

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Last updated: August 2, 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 Miller gave the Kansas Highway Patrol 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kansas, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Kansas Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Topeka, KS

Platform Identity khp.ks.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 19, 1968

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Age 48

Badge Number 98

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Eldon K. Miller served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Sergeant Eldon K. Miller is one of 17,559 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,586 officers honored here.

In KS, 237 of 335 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.8 percentage points above the national rate of 53.9%.

At Kansas Highway Patrol, 5 of 11 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 45.5% of this agency's fallen.

Kansas Highway Patrol

of 11 officers

45.5% Felonious

KS — Statewide

237

of 335 officers

70.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,559

of 32,586 officers

53.9% Felonious