Roll of Honor
Wesley Clayton Frame, Jr.
Incident
Conservation Officer Wesley Frame was shot and killed near Rick Creek in Peterstown while supervising a prisoner cleaning a stream. Officer Frame had charged the man with littering in the stream after receiving a complaint. The complainant did not want the man fined so the magistrate placed the offender in Officer Frame's custody and instructed him to remove the debris from the stream and then be returned to court because he had an outstanding warrant in Virginia. The man told Officer Frame he needed his pickup truck from home in order to take the debris to the dump. Once at his home, the man retrieved a 30-06 hunting rifle and shot Officer Frame. The man fled to Akron, Ohio, with his wife and children but was arrested later in the evening. He was extradited back to West Virginia and was convicted of Officer Frame's murder. Officer Frame was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the agency for one year.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and son, and is buried in New Bealls Mill Cemetery, Gasaway, Braxton County, West Virginia.
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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.
Conservation Officer Frame gave the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the South Charleston 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
Wesley Clayton Frame, Jr. served in the Other (1971â1975) before joining law enforcement.
Conservation Officer Wesley Clayton Frame, Jr. is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In WV, 169 of 232 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 72.8% of this state's fallen. That is 18.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At West Virginia Division of Natural Resources - Law Enforcement Section, 3 of 3 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Wesley Clayton Frame, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Wesley Clayton Frame, Jr. Compares
Offender Outcome
Convicted of murder
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Wesley Clayton Frame, Jr. is highlighted in Nov.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Wesley Clayton Frame, Jr. was killed by rifle; .30-.30.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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