Truett Eugene Rowe
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Special Agent

Truett Eugene Rowe

Felonious
End of Watch June 1, 1937
Age 33
Tour of Duty 3 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent Truett Rowe was shot and killed while attempted to arrest a jail escapee in Page, New Mexico. The man was also wanted for warrants in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The officers located him at his family's ranch in the rural Page community in McKenzie County, New Mexico. As Agent Rowe and a local police chief allowed the man to collect possessions the man suddenly pulled out a weapon and opened fire, fatally wounding Agent Rowe. The 24-year-old suspect was recaptured that night. He was sentenced to life in prison and sent to Alcatraz. He died in the Oklahoma Penitentiary on May 12, 1975. Agent Rowe had served with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for three months. He is buried at Fairlawn Cemetery in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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

— 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 June 1, 1937
Tour of Duty 3 mo
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

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

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

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Time

In 1937, 123 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 41st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Truett 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. Truett had served 0.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

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Where

Special Agent Truett Eugene Rowe

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation · End of Watch June 1, 1937

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 26-W

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