Roll of Honor
Eugene Herman Wynn, Jr.
Incident
Conservation Officer Eugene Wynn drowned in Cross Lake after being thrown from a boat at approximately 7:45 pm.
He and a Pine County sheriff's deputy were responding to a report of a possible body floating in the lake. They had just left the boat launch when they were both thrown out of the boat into the frigid waters. Deputies on the shore attempted to reach them in a rowboat but Officer Wynn slipped below the surface and did not resurface. They were able to rescue the deputy, who was treated at a local hospital.
Officer Wynn, badge number 445 and station number K297, had served with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for 18 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Conservation Officer Wynn gave the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Conservation Officer Wynn.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Conservation Officer Eugene Herman Wynn, Jr. 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. Eugene Herman Wynn, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Eugene Herman Wynn, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
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