J. Walter Casey
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Deputy U.S. Marshal

J. Walter Casey

Felonious
End of Watch July 16, 1923
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Marshal Walter Casey was shot and killed in Harrison, Arkansas, by an escaped prisoner he had recaptured. As he walked the prisoner back into the jail, the man grabbed his .38 caliber service revolver and fatally shot him. The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. On February 1, 1924, he escaped from the Arkansas Penitentiary along with two other death row inmates. Four days later, he was shot and killed by posse men near Little Rock.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Casey served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy U.S. Marshal Casey.

— 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 July 16, 1923
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Officer's handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

J. is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1923, 199 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 14th 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%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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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 officer's handgun, in 5.8% of these deaths.

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His people

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

Across the years

Deputy U.S. Marshal J. Walter Casey

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch July 16, 1923

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 13-E

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