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Edward Carl Starback
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Conservation Officer

Edward Carl Starback

Michigan Department of Natural Resources — Lansing, MI
Accident
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End of Watch August 8, 1957
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 14

Incident

Conservation Officer Edward Starback was killed in an airplane crash in Lake Michigan while he flying from Boyne City to Beaver Island to pick up a boat he had left there the previous week. His two adult sons, who were in town for a family reunion, were accompanying him at the time. It is believed the civilian pilot suffered a fatal heart attack during the flight, causing the plane to plunge into the lake approximately one mile off of the shoreline at Good Hart. All four men were killed.

Survivors

Officer Starback was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Conservation Officer Starback served with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Thank you for your service to the Lansing community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Conservation Officer Starback.

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

Agency

Department Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Type Federal Agency
Location Lansing, Ingham County, MI
Platform Identity mdnr.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 8, 1957
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Edward is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1957, 55 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 85th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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When

August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Thursdays: 14%.

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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

Michigan Department of Natural Resources has 15 officers remembered here, Edward among them.

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Where

Conservation Officer Edward Carl Starback

Michigan Department of Natural Resources · End of Watch August 8, 1957

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 15-W

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