Special Deputy Marshal

Steve Pen-Su-Wau

Accident
End of Watch February 6, 1891
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Marshal Pen-Su-Wau was shot and killed by another deputy marshal who mistook him for a suspect whom he had a warrant for. The shooting took place near the Kickapoo, Pottawatomie, Iowa and Sac and Fox Indian Reservation in Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma).

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135 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Special Deputy Marshal Pen-Su-Wau served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 6, 1891
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Steve is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1891, 11 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 136th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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When

February holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has at least 120 officers remembered here, Steve among them.

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Special Deputy Marshal Steve Pen-Su-Wau

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch February 6, 1891

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 11-E

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