Posse Member

Joseph Carl Akin

Felonious
End of Watch February 21, 1915
Age 26
The Vigil Panel 29 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Location: Utah Weapon: Handgun Offender: Never tried

Posseman Joseph Akin was shot and killed in Bluff, Utah, while attempting to arrest a member of the Piute tribe for murder.

Several U.S. Marshals had organized the posse to assist with moving several of the Piute tribe members to a reservation. The subject was never tried for his murder.

Posseman Akin was survived by his wife, child, mother, and three siblings.

Survivors

Posseman Akin was survived by his wife, child, mother, and three siblings.

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

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 21, 1915
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Joseph 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 1915, 152 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 26th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joseph was 26. 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.

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

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has at least 120 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

Across the years
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Where

Posse Member Joseph Carl Akin

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch February 21, 1915

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 29-E

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