Lauren Everett Dow
Sergeant

Lauren Everett Dow

Accident
End of Watch August 26, 1975
Age 27
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Lauren Dow was killed while assisting fire crews fight a 300-acre brush fire near Stockton, Utah. He and a Tooele City animal control officer were driving a fire vehicle near the fire when a shift in winds caused the fire to overtake them. Both men died as a result. Sergeant Dow had served with the Tooele County Sheriff's Office for seven years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two sons, and mother.

In Our Keeping

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Dow gave the Tooele County Sheriff's Office 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tooele community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Dow.

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

Agency

Location Tooele, UT
Platform Identity tcso.tooele.ut.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 26, 1975
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 27
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sergeant Lauren Everett Dow 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%.

Tooele County Sheriff's Dept.
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
UT — Statewide
49
of 138 officers
35.5% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lauren Everett Dow's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Lauren Everett Dow Compares

Age at End of Watch
27
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
7
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Lauren Everett Dow is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location