Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Merrill died of injuries sustained when he struck his head on the bumper of his patrol car after slipping on ice.
Survivors
He had been with the agency for seven years and was survived by his wife, two sons, and two daughters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Merrill gave the Cache County Sheriff's Office 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Logan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Merrill.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant James Raymond Merrill 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 Cache County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Raymond Merrill's cause is highlighted.
How James Raymond Merrill Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Raymond Merrill is highlighted in Jan.
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