Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Walter Salzsiedler suffered a fatal hear attack while attempting to rescue a man from a crashed vehicle.
He had responded to reports of two cars racing on Highway 83. When he arrived at the location, he discovered that both cars had gone into a ravine and crashed into a creek at the bottom. When he attempted to pull one of the men out of the vehicle, he collapsed.
Sheriff Salzsiedler had served with the Campbell County Sheriff's Office for only 10 months.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Salzsiedler served with the Campbell County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Mound City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Salzsiedler.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Walter Albert Salzsiedler is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In SD, 4 of 62 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 6.5% of this state's fallen. That is 2.5 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Campbell County Sheriff's Dept., 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Walter Albert Salzsiedler's cause is highlighted.
How Walter Albert Salzsiedler Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Walter Albert Salzsiedler is highlighted in Apr.
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