Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputized Civilian John Haney was shot and killed after being deputized to assist with the arrest of protesters who had shot and killed four soldiers who were participating in the Armistice Day Parade four days earlier.
The posse had pursued the men into a wooded area but were fired upon by the suspects. Deputy Haney was struck twice and killed by fellow officers when he was mistaken for one of the fugitives.
Eight of the nine suspects served prison terms before being released in the 1930s. One suspect was lynched.
Deputy Haney was survived by his wife. He is buried at Forest Grove Cemetery in Tenino, Washington.
Survivors
Deputy Haney was survived by his wife.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputized Civilian Haney served with the Lewis County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Chehalis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputized Civilian Haney.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputized Civilian John M. Haney 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 WA, 111 of 339 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.7% of this state's fallen. That is 1.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Lewis County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John M. Haney's cause is highlighted.
How John M. Haney Compares
Offender Outcome
Lynched
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John M. Haney is highlighted in Nov.
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