Roll of Honor
Incident
Undersheriff Ira Wofford was killed in an automobile accident in Arapahoe County, Colorado, while transporting a prisoner back to Sequoyah County.
The was wanted in connection with a burglary of a service station and had been arrested in Denver, Colorado.
Undersherif Wofford, along with an investigator from the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation, were driving the man back to Oklahoma when a truck forced their car of the road. Their vehicle overturned, pinning both officers underneath it. Despite being handcuffed and injured, the prisoner attempted to lift the vehicle off of the officers. When he was unable to do so, he flagged down a passing truck driver for assistance.
Undersheriff Wofford was survived by his wife, three daughters, and two sons.
Survivors
Undersheriff Wofford was survived by his wife, three daughters, and two sons.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Undersheriff Wofford served with the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Sallisaw community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Undersheriff Wofford.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Undersheriff Ira E. Wofford is one of 10,094 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,586 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 Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ira E. Wofford's cause is highlighted.
How Ira E. Wofford Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Ira E. Wofford is highlighted in Dec.
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