Roll of Honor
Incident
Quartermaster Sergeant Wilbert Hunter died of exposure after falling through ice covering Tangier Sound. He was part of an expedition taking 2,000 pounds of food to stranded residents of Smith Island, Maryland, Tangier Island, Virginia, during a severe blizzard. Ice formed much of the Tangier Sound. The expedition left from Crisfield, Maryland, and was going to meet a Coast Guard cutter five miles offshore to be ferried across an open portion of water. Several members of the expedition, including Sergeant Hunger, fell through the ice. The other two men who fell through the ice were rescued and returned to Crisfield, however, Sergeant Hunter died of exposure. Sergeant Hunter had served with the Maryland State Police for just under eight years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Quartermaster Sergeant Hunter gave the Maryland State Police 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Maryland. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Quartermaster Sergeant Hunter.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Quartermaster Sergeant Wilbert V. Hunter 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Wilbert V. Hunter's cause is highlighted.
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When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Wilbert V. Hunter is highlighted in Feb.
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