Ray X. F. Krueger

Minnesota State Patrol — St. Paul, MN

Accident

End of Watch November 20, 1959

Age 47

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

Badge 30

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Trooper Ray Krueger was killed in an automobile accident when another vehicle struck his patrol car head-on on Highway 210 near Brainerd at 0935 hours. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries two hours later.

Survivors

Trooper Krueger had been employed with the Minnesota State Patrol for 25 years and is survived by his wife and five children.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

25 years. You could have gone home.
Trooper Krueger gave the Minnesota State Patrol 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Minnesota. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Krueger.

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

Agency

Department Minnesota State Patrol

Location St. Paul, MN

Platform Identity mhp.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 20, 1959

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

Age 47

Badge Number 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Trooper Ray X. F. Krueger 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 State Patrol, 5 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 62.5% of this agency's fallen.

Minnesota State Patrol

of 8 officers

62.5% Accident

MN — Statewide

of 293 officers

28.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident