Armond A. Luke
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Trooper

Armond A. Luke

Utah Highway Patrol — Salt Lake City, UT
Accident
End of Watch December 3, 1959
Age 54
Tour of Duty 23 yrs
Badge 12
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Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Luke was killed in an automobile accident while pursuing a traffic violator. He swerved to avoid several deer in the roadway and his cruiser went over an embankment and into the Sevier River. His body was found floating approximately 50 feet away from his partially submerged cruiser. Trooper Luke had served with the agency for 23 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-US-UT-D343A450
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April 2, 2026
Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

23 years. You could have gone home.
Trooper Luke gave the Utah Highway Patrol 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Utah. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Luke.

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

Agency

Department Utah Highway Patrol
Location Salt Lake City, UT
Platform Identity uhp.ut.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 3, 1959
Tour of Duty 23 yrs
Age 54
Badge Number 12
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Weapon Automobile
Offender Not available

Trooper Armond A. Luke 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 Highway Patrol, 9 of 16 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 56.3% of this agency's fallen.

Utah Highway Patrol
9
of 16 officers
56.3% 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. Armond A. Luke'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 Armond A. Luke Compares

Age at End of Watch
54
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
23
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

Offender Outcome

Not available

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Armond A. Luke is highlighted in Dec.

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