Roll of Honor
Incident
Marshal Goss was killed when his patrol car was struck by a Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad freight train. Marshal Goss was accompanied by a Justice of the Peace, who was also killed in the accident.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Town Marshal Goss served with the Chouteau Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Chouteau community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Town Marshal Goss.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Town Marshal Franklin Walter Goss 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 OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Franklin Walter Goss's cause is highlighted.
How Franklin Walter Goss Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Franklin Walter Goss is highlighted in May.