Joseph Marshall Evans

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Law Enforcement Division — Austin, TX

Accident Veteran

End of Watch May 6, 1965

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Gender Male

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Incident

Game Warden Joe Evans succumbed to injuries sustained the previous day when he was involved in a head-on collision on Texas Highway 254 (modern-day Texas Highway 16) three miles southeast of Graham in Young County.

He was returning from dropping off water samples at a testing facility when his vehicle collided with a chemical truck at 12:05 pm.

Warden Evans was a Koren War veteran. He was survived by his wife, two daughters, father, and brother.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two daughters, father, and brother.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Game Warden Evans served with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Thank you for your service to the Austin community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Law Enforcement Division

Location Austin, TX

Platform Identity tpwdledcons.travis.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 6, 1965

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Joseph Marshall Evans served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Game Warden Joseph Marshall Evans 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 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Law Enforcement Division, 7 of 14 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Law Enforcement Division

of 14 officers

50% Accident

TX — Statewide

653

of 2,421 officers

27% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident