Lloyd James Spaur
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Special Agent

Lloyd James Spaur

Felonious
End of Watch August 4, 1912
Age 29
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent Lloyd Spaur was shot and killed from ambush while patrolling the Union Pacific Railroad yards in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

His body was found between two tracks approximately two hours after other railroad employees heard a loud explosion. He had been shot once in the head and his service revolver had been stolen.

Special Agent Spaur had served with the Union Pacific Railroad Police Department for two years and had previously served as a deputy warden with the Wyoming State Penitentiary.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Spaur gave the Union Pacific Railroad Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Omaha community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Spaur.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Omaha, Douglas County, NE
Platform Identity uprpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 4, 1912
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 29
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Lloyd 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 1912, 133 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 33rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Lloyd was 29. 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. Lloyd had served 2 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

August holds 8.9% 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

Union Pacific Railroad Police Department has 21 officers remembered here, Lloyd among them.

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Where

Special Agent Lloyd James Spaur

Union Pacific Railroad Police Department · End of Watch August 4, 1912

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 5-E

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