Terry Wayne Miller
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Trooper

Terry Wayne Miller

Felonious
End of Watch October 12, 1999
Age 37
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Miller was shot when he responded to a 911 hang-up call. Trooper Miller was the backup officer for deputies from the Atacosa County Sheriff’s Department. When Trooper Miller arrived at the scene, he discovered that Deputy Mark Stephenson and Deputy Thomas Monse had been fatally shot and radioed for backup. The suspect shot and killed Trooper Miller before responding officers arrived. Two other officers were wounded while attempting to arrest the suspect. The suspect committed suicide.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Miller gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Miller.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Austin, Travis County, TX
Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 12, 1999
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Terry is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1999, 58 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 133rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Terry was 37. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Terry 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

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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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.

Every cause
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His people

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol has 96 officers remembered here, Terry among them.

Across the years
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Where

Trooper Terry Wayne Miller

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol · End of Watch October 12, 1999

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 6-W

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