Roll of Honor
Charles Gilbert Porter
Incident
Officer Porter was struck and killed by a train while checking fishing licenses along the Weber River near Stoddard, Utah. He moved from one set of tracks to another set as a train approached. As a result of the noise of the train, he did not hear another train approaching from the opposite direction on the set of tracks he just stepped onto. He was struck by the oncoming Union Pacific Railroad train. Officer Porter had served with the Division of Wildlife Resources for 20 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, four daughters, two sons, and 13 grandchildren.
In Our Keeping
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
20 years. You could have gone home.
Conservation Officer Porter gave the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Salt Lake City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Conservation Officer Porter.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Conservation Officer Charles Gilbert Porter 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 UT, 49 of 138 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 35.5% of this state's fallen. That is 4.5 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles Gilbert Porter's cause is highlighted.
How Charles Gilbert Porter Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Charles Gilbert Porter is highlighted in May.
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