Roy Thompson

Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks — Helena, MT

Accident

End of Watch August 19, 1957

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Game Warden Roy Thompson was killed in a motorcycle accident while assigned to Missoula, Montana. He was test driving a new off-road motorcycle for a new program intended for patrolling mountain trails.

Warden Thompson was unfamiliar with the controls on the motorcycle and accidentally caused it to accelerate, causing it to drive off of a cliff.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Game Warden Thompson served with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Thank you for your service to the Helena community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Game Warden Thompson.

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

Agency

Department Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Location Helena, MT

Platform Identity mdfwpcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 19, 1957

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Game Warden Roy Thompson 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 MT, 34 of 142 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.9% of this state's fallen. That is 7.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 5 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 62.5% of this agency's fallen.

Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks

of 8 officers

62.5% Accident

MT — Statewide

of 142 officers

23.9% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident