Kirk D. Inberg

Wyoming Department of Game and Fish — Cheyenne, WY

Accident

End of Watch October 16, 1991

Age 28

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Badge 61

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Game Warden Inberg was killed in an airplane accident while he and a civilian employee were on a flight to locate radio collared grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem near Jackson, Wyoming. During the flight the plane encountered strong winds and crashed. Game Warden Inberg, the pilot, and the civilian employee were all killed. The aircraft was not located for several years due to the remote location of the crash. Warden Inberg had been with the agency for two years.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Game Warden Inberg gave the Wyoming Department of Game and Fish 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cheyenne community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Game Warden Inberg.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Wyoming Department of Game and Fish

Location Cheyenne, WY

Platform Identity wdgffed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 16, 1991

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 28

Badge Number 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Game Warden Kirk D. Inberg 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 WY, 17 of 63 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Wyoming Department of Game and Fish, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Wyoming Department of Game and Fish

of 6 officers

33.3% Accident

WY — Statewide

of 63 officers

27% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident