Jack B. Miller
Deputy Sheriff

Jack B. Miller

Felonious
End of Watch January 9, 1988
Age 33
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
The Vigil Panel 132 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Jack Miller succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day while serving a narcotics search warrant at a home in the 1400 block of West 55th Street. One suspect was killed in the ensuing shootout. A woman and a 17-year-old boy were arrested at the scene and charged with murder. Deputy Miller had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 12 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Miller gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Miller.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lacso.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 9, 1988
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jack 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 1988, 97 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 55th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jack was 33. 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. Jack had served 12 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

By month
By day of the week
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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.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Jack among them.

Across the years
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Where

Deputy Sheriff Jack B. Miller

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch January 9, 1988

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 22-E

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