Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Archie Wahab suffered a fatal heart attack while attempting to make an arrest. Deputy Wahab was a United States Coast Guard WWII and Korea War veteran.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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- 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.
Deputy Sheriff Wahab served with the Hyde County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Swan Quarter community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Archie T. Wahab served in the Other (1948â1965) before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Archie T. Wahab is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Hyde County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Archie T. Wahab's cause is highlighted.
How Archie T. Wahab Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Archie T. Wahab is highlighted in Apr.
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