Joe M. Dodson
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Deputy U.S. Marshal

Joe M. Dodson

Felonious
End of Watch August 29, 1897
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Gender Male

Incident

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, U.S. Government

Deputy US Marshal Dodson and Deputy US Marshal B. F. Taylor were shot and killed while raiding a liquor still in the mountains 35 miles from Russellville, Arkansas.

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129 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Dodson served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— 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 August 29, 1897
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Joe 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 1897, 52 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 137th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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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%.

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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.

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His people

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

Across the years

Deputy U.S. Marshal Joe M. Dodson

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch August 29, 1897

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 5-E

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