Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman DeSues was killed when a truck loaded with dynamite exploded. Patrolman DeSues was directing traffic at the corner of Pine street and Oak Street as a fire burned throughout the block. The fire spread to a parked truck that was loaded with 80 boxes of dynamite, causing the truck to explode. Over 100 people were injured, and 14 people, including Patrolman DeSues, were killed by the blast which leveled an 8-block area of the city. Patrolman DeSues' body was never found.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman DeSues served with the Roseburg Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Roseburg community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman DeSues.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Patrolman Donald Everett DeSues 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. Donald Everett DeSues's cause is highlighted.
How Donald Everett DeSues Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Donald Everett DeSues is highlighted in Aug.