Marion Francis Marshall

Lincoln Police Department — Lincoln, NE

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch September 9, 1932

Age 35

Tour of Duty 11 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Special Officer Marshall succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained two days earlier while patrolling the downtown business district following a series of burglaries. As he approached a suspicious person in an alley near the Governors Mansion he was shot in the abdomen. The suspect was apprehended and convicted of manslaughter. Special Officer Marshall was a U.S Marine Corps veteran of WWI and served with the Lincoln Police Department for 11 months.

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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.
Special Officer Marshall served with the Lincoln Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Lincoln 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 Lincoln Police Department

Location Lincoln, NE

Platform Identity lpd.lancaster.ne.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 9, 1932

Tour of Duty 11 mo

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .32 caliber

Offender Convicted of manslaughter

Military Service

Marion Francis Marshall served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Special Officer Marion Francis Marshall is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NE, 97 of 151 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 64.2% of this state's fallen. That is 10 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Lincoln Police Department, 4 of 8 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Lincoln Police Department

of 8 officers

50% Felonious

NE — Statewide

of 151 officers

64.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious