Roll of Honor
Joseph Twaddle
Incident
Game Warden Joseph Twaddle was killed when his patrol car was struck by a Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific Railroad passenger train near Cotton, Minnesota, while returning from a game and fish investigation. Warden Twaddle had served with the agency for 10 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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BO-US-MN-4663ACF8- Stewardship
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Game Warden Twaddle gave the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Game Warden Twaddle.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Game Warden Joseph Twaddle 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 MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division, 11 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 61.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph Twaddle's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph Twaddle Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Twaddle is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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