Arthur Adolph Green, III

Michigan Department of Natural Resources — Lansing, MI

Accident Veteran

End of Watch August 9, 2015

Age 58

Tour of Duty 28 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

First Lieutenant Arthur Green was killed in an airplane crash in Harbor Springs, Michigan, while en route to mandatory in-service training.

He was on official travel status when the Piper Cherokee he was piloting struck a large tree while on final approach to the Harbor Springs Municipal Airport shortly after 11:00 pm. He had taken off from the Detroit City Airport, approximately 270 miles away. The wreckage was located the following morning at approximately 7:30 am.

Lieutenant Green was a United States Air Force and Michigan Air National Guard veteran. He had served with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division for 19 years and had previously served with the Detroit Police Department for nine years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two sons.

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Last updated: July 23, 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.
First Lieutenant Green gave the Michigan Department of Natural Resources 28 years.
Thank you for your service to the Lansing community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Location Lansing, MI

Platform Identity mdnrcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 9, 2015

Tour of Duty 28 yrs

Age 58

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Arthur Adolph Green, III served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

First Lieutenant Arthur Adolph Green, III 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 MI, 229 of 718 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 10 of 15 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

of 15 officers

66.7% Accident

MI — Statewide

229

of 718 officers

31.9% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident