Lorin Blakley James

Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Division of Wildlife — Columbus, OH

Accident

End of Watch April 7, 1955

Age 33

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Game Warden Lorin James drowned when he fell out of a boat in Pleasant Hill Lake in Richland County.

He was assisting another Wildlife Division employee set test nets near the south shore of the lake when he fell overboard. He was wearing heavy clothing and hip-length boots at the time, which dragged him under the surface.

Game Warden James had served with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for six years.

Survivors

He was survived by three sons.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Game Warden James gave the Ohio Department of Natural Resources 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Game Warden James.

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

Agency

Department Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Division of Wildlife

Location Columbus, OH

Platform Identity odnrdwcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 7, 1955

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 33

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Game Warden Lorin Blakley James 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Division of Wildlife, 4 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.

Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Division of Wildlife

of 9 officers

44.4% Accident

OH — Statewide

318

of 991 officers

32.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident