Phillip Lee Russ

Maryland State Police — Pikesville, MD

Accident

End of Watch October 28, 1972

Age 25

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 41

Incident

Trooper Philip Russ and Trooper Thomas Noyle were killed when their Bell Jet Ranger helicopter crashed while they en route to Dorchester General Hospital to conduct a medevac to the Maryland Trauma Center. The aircraft encountered heavy fog and crashed near Bennett Point Road, three miles south of Queenstown when the pilot attempted to land. Trooper Russ had served with the Maryland State Police for almost four years.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper First Class Russ gave the Maryland State Police 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Maryland. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper First Class Russ.

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

Agency

Department Maryland State Police

Location Pikesville, MD

Platform Identity msp.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 28, 1972

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 25

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Trooper First Class Phillip Lee Russ 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 MD, 140 of 377 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this state's fallen. That is 6.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Maryland State Police, 28 of 42 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Maryland State Police

of 42 officers

66.7% Accident

MD — Statewide

140

of 377 officers

37.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident