Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Forrester drowned while attempting to recover the body of a previous drowning victim.
Survivors
He had served with the agency for 5 years and was survived by his wife and two children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Forrester gave the Wasco County Sheriff's Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the The Dalles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Forrester.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Robert E. Forrester 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 OR, 66 of 197 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.5% of this state's fallen. That is 2.5 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert E. Forrester's cause is highlighted.
How Robert E. Forrester Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Robert E. Forrester is highlighted in Aug.