Oscar Marcellus Terry

Creek County Sheriff's Dept. — Sapulpa, OK

Accident

End of Watch February 8, 1913

Age 35

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Deputy Oscar Terry succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day when his revolver fell from its holster and discharged. The round struck passed through one of Deputy Terry's legs and struck him in the face, causing a fatal wound.

Deputy Terry was survived by his wife and five children.

Survivors

Deputy Terry was survived by his wife and five children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Terry served with the Creek County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Sapulpa community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Terry.

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

Agency

Department Creek County Sheriff's Dept.

Location Sapulpa, OK

Platform Identity ccso.creek.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 8, 1913

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Deputy Sheriff Oscar Marcellus Terry 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%.

At Creek County Sheriff's Dept., 2 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Creek County Sheriff's Dept.

of 4 officers

50% Accident

OK — Statewide

135

of 582 officers

23.2% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident