Roll of Honor
Incident
Marshal John Rice suffered a fatal heart following an arrest in which he was injured. He was assisting a Clallam County sheriff's deputy arrest a suspect for drunk and disorderly conduct when the man began to violently resist arrest. Marshal Rice collapsed shortly after he and the deputy subdued the man. Marshal Rice was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and had served with the Forks Police Department for four years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, three children, mother, and three siblings.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Marshal Rice gave the Forks Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Forks community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
John Welton Rice served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Marshal John Welton Rice is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In WA, 18 of 339 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.3% of this state's fallen. That is 1.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Welton Rice's cause is highlighted.
How John Welton Rice Compares
Offender Outcome
Arrested
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. John Welton Rice is highlighted in Mar.