Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Edward Hoffman died when he suffered a heart attack while conducting a search and rescue operation.
Deputy Hoffman, a member of the department's dive team, was sent to a neighboring county to search a lake for a missing fisherman. During the search, Deputy Hoffman surfaced unconscious. Other rescue workers on the scene attempted to revive him but were unsuccessful. The search was taking place in 50 to 75 feet deep water.
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23 years. You could have gone home.
Deputy Sheriff Hoffman gave the Marinette County Sheriff's Office 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Marinette community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Hoffman.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Edward R. Hoffman 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 WI, 23 of 317 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 7.3% of this state's fallen. That is 3.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Marinette County Sheriff's Dept., 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward R. Hoffman's cause is highlighted.
How Edward R. Hoffman Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Edward R. Hoffman is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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