End of Watch July 17, 1901
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Burney was stabbed to death by a man who had created a disturbance at a Fourth of July celebration in Oklahoma. The suspect fled after stabbing him in the stomach. Deputy Burney succumbed to his wounds two weeks later.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Burney served with the United States Department of the Interior.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Burney.

— 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 July 17, 1901
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Edged weapon

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Cub 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 1901, 90 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 66th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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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 edged weapon, in 2.2% 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, Cub among them.

Across the years

Deputy Sheriff Cub Burney

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services · End of Watch July 17, 1901

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 45-E

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