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Officer

Ronald E. Trautman

Jamestown Police Department — Jamestown, ND

Accident Veteran

End of Watch October 20, 1966

Age 29

Tour of Duty 6 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Officer Ronald Trautman succumbed to injuries sustained on August 3rd, 1966, when his police motorcycle struck a truck on U.S. 281 just south of Jamestown. He was taken to a hospital in Fargo, where he remained until passing away on October 20th, 1966. Officer Trautman was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Jamestown Police Department for 6-1/2 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Last updated: 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.
Officer Trautman gave the Jamestown Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jamestown 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

Department Jamestown Police Department

Location Jamestown, ND

Platform Identity jpd.stutsman.nd.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 20, 1966

Tour of Duty 6 yrs 6 mo

Age 29

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Ronald E. Trautman served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Officer Ronald E. Trautman 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 ND, 15 of 61 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.6% of this state's fallen. That is 6.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Jamestown Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

ND — Statewide

of 61 officers

24.6% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ronald E. Trautman's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Ronald E. Trautman Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service

6.5