W. Carter Baum
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Special Agent

W. Carter Baum

Felonious
End of Watch April 22, 1934
Age 30
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent Baum was shot and killed by the notorious outlaw Baby Face Nelson while attempting an arrest near Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He and other officers had obtained information that the gang members were in a lodge at that location. As they arrived the suspects opened fire with a machine gun and fled the area. Special Agent Baum and two officers took a position two miles away and approached a car one of the officers recognized. However, the car contained Baby Face Nelson, a member of the Dillinger Gang, who opened fire on them. Baby Face Nelson was killed in a shootout seven months later in which Special Agent Samuel Cowley and Special Agent Herman Hollis were also killed. Special Agent Baum was survived by his wife and two daughters. Led by John Dillinger, the Dillinger Gang was a notorious group of Midwest bank robbers. Associates of the gang were responsible for the fatal shootings of 13 law enforcement officers in 1933 and 1934. Two infamous members of the gang, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, were shot and killed by law enforcement officers in separate incidents. The other gang members were either murdered by criminals, shot and killed by law enforcement officers, executed for their crimes, or sentenced to time in prison. Click here to see all the officers killed by members of the Dillinger Gang

Survivors

Special Agent Baum was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Baum gave the United States Department of Justice 4 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Baum.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch April 22, 1934
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 30
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

W. is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1934, 178 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 16th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

W. was 30. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. W. had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation has 89 officers remembered here, W. among them.

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Where

Special Agent W. Carter Baum

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation · End of Watch April 22, 1934

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 48-W

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