Roll of Honor
Daryl Ray Gordon
Incident
Game Warden Daryl Gordon was killed in a plane crash in a remote area on the frozen Clear Lake in Piscataquis County.
He was flying a department-owned Cessna 185 when it crashed sometime during the evening of March 24, 2011. A massive search was launched and wreckage, along with Warden Gordon's body, were located the following morning at approximately 9:00 am.
Warden Gordon had served with the Maine Warden Service for 25 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two adult children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
25 years. You could have gone home.
Game Warden Pilot Gordon gave the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Augusta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Game Warden Pilot Gordon.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Game Warden Pilot Daryl Ray Gordon 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 ME, 41 of 102 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40.2% of this state's fallen. That is 9.2 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, 9 of 17 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 52.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Daryl Ray Gordon's cause is highlighted.
How Daryl Ray Gordon Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Daryl Ray Gordon is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
16 officers from Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife are honored on badge.nw.
