Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Kirk succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile accident one month earlier.
Sheriff Kirk had served with the agency for 23 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
23 years. You could have gone home.
Sheriff Kirk gave the Galveston County Sheriff's Office 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Galveston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Kirk.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Robert E. Kirk 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Galveston County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 20% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert E. Kirk's cause is highlighted.
How Robert E. Kirk Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Robert E. Kirk is highlighted in Dec.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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