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Deputy Sheriff

James Eugene Stoltenow

Shawano County Sheriff's Department — Shawano, WI

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End of Watch January 27, 1987

Age 32

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Badge 532

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Jim Stoltenow succumbed to injuries he received in an automobile crash on January 20, 1987, on Greenbay Street in Shawano, Wisconsin. Deputy Stoltenow was assisting in a vehicle pursuit of a stolen truck initiated by the Oneida Tribal Police Department en route to set up a roadblock on Wisconsin Highway 29. He was driving behind another patrol car to set up the roadblock when a vehicle pulled into his path. As he attempted to avoid the car, he struck a utility pole and another vehicle. He was transported to St. Vincent Hospital, where he died a week later after never regaining consciousness. Three teenagers were arrested for theft of the stolen truck. Deputy Stoltenow was a United States Navy veteran and had served with the Shawano County Sheriff's Department for eight years.

Survivors

He was survived by his expectant wife, a son, and parents.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: 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.
Deputy Sheriff Stoltenow gave the Shawano County Sheriff's Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Shawano 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

Department Shawano County Sheriff's Department

Location Shawano, WI

Platform Identity scso.shawano.wi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 27, 1987

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 32

Badge Number 532

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Offender single vehicle crash

Military Service

James Eugene Stoltenow served in the Navy (1973â1977) before joining law enforcement.

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Deputy Sheriff James Eugene Stoltenow 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 WI, 124 of 317 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

Shawano County Sheriff's Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

WI — Statewide

124

of 317 officers

39.1% 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. James Eugene Stoltenow'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 James Eugene Stoltenow Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service