End of Watch August 10, 1896
Age 48
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Charles Proctor was shot and killed in the line of duty at the annual convention of the Cherokee Nation National Partyat Bug Tucker Springs, north of Tahlequah.

Deputy Proctor served as a deputy sheriff for the Tahlequah District of the Cherokee Nation for two years.

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130 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Sheriff Proctor gave the United States Department of the Interior 2 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

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

Service Record

End of Watch August 10, 1896
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 48
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Charles 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 1896, 59 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 129th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Charles was 48. 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. Charles 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%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services has 52 officers remembered here, Charles among them.

Across the years
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Where

Deputy Sheriff Charles Proctor

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services · End of Watch August 10, 1896

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 53-E

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