Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Richard Schuening was killed while attempting to disarm an explosive device in Granite, Oregon. Sergeant Schuening was a bomb technician for the Oregon State Police and was working with ATF agents in removing dynamite and other explosives which were illegally stored on a property. He was handling some of the explosives and had moved away from the other officers when the explosion occurred at approximately 12:40 hours. Sergeant Schuening had been employed with the Oregon State Police for 18 years and had been with the explosives unit since 1989.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Schuening gave the Oregon State Police 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oregon. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Schuening.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Richard James Schuening 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%.
At Oregon State Police, 15 of 31 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard James Schuening's cause is highlighted.
How Richard James Schuening Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Richard James Schuening is highlighted in Oct.
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