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Arthur G. Deag
Game Warden

Arthur G. Deag

Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service — ME
Accident
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End of Watch July 19, 1921
Age 20
The Vigil Panel 41 ›
Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 15

Incident

Game Warden Arthur Deag drowned after his canoe capsized at Pockwockamus Falls on the West Branch of the Penobscot River. It is believed that the opening of Rip Dam caused a surge of water that overturned the canoe. Warden Deag struck his head on a hard object in the water and drowned. The son of the Commissioner of Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife was riding in the canoe with Warden Deag but was able to make it to safety.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Game Warden Deag served with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Thank you for your service to the Augusta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Game Warden Deag.

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

Agency

Department Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service
Type Unknown
Location Kennebec County, ME
Platform Identity mifwws.me.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 19, 1921
Age 20
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Arthur is one of 10,100 officers lost to accidents worldwide, 29.6% of the 34,117 remembered here.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1921, 105 officers worldwide were lost to accidents, the 15th heaviest of 200 years on record. The heaviest was 1930, with 131.

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Who

Arthur was 20. Of the 9,451 lost to accidents worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 45; the middle age was 36.

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When

July holds 8.9% of these deaths worldwide; August holds the most, 9.3%. Tuesdays: 14%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 29.6% of all 34,117 deaths worldwide, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service has 16 officers remembered here, Arthur among them.

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Game Warden Arthur G. Deag

Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service · End of Watch July 19, 1921

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 44-W

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