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Game Warden Jean Jalbert drowned when his canoe capsized on the St. Francis River. The river was full of logs as a result of the spring log drive. The canoe struck one of the logs and overturned, throwing Warden Jalbert into the water. His body was found three weeks later.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and daughter.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Game Warden Jalbert served with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Thank you for your service to the Augusta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Game Warden Jalbert.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Accident
Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service has lost 16 officers; 8 of them lost to accidents.
Jean is one of 10,100 officers lost to accidents worldwide, 29.8% of the 33,917 remembered here.
33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1933, 1 officer at Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service was lost to accidents, the 2nd heaviest of 7 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 2.
In 1933, 94 officers worldwide were lost to accidents, the 29th heaviest of 200 years on record. The heaviest was 1930, with 131.
Who
Jean was 47. Of the 8 lost to accidents at Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service whose age is recorded, half were between 32 and 48.3; the middle age was 41.5.
Jean was 47. Of the 9,451 lost to accidents worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 45; the middle age was 36.
When
May holds 12.5% of these deaths at Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service; July holds the most, 25%. Saturdays: 25%.
May holds 8.4% of these deaths worldwide; August holds the most, 9.3%. Saturdays: 14.7%.
How
Accident deaths account for 50% of all 16 deaths at Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service, the most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 29.8% of all 33,917 deaths worldwide, the 2nd most common cause.
His people
Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service has 16 officers remembered here, Jean among them.
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Lyman O. Hill
Nov 8, 1886
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Charles W. Niles
Nov 8, 1886
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Arthur G. Deag
Jul 19, 1921
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Leslie Robinson Oct 8, 1921
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David F. Brown
Nov 14, 1922
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Mertley E. Johnston
Nov 14, 1922
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Lee H. Parker
Sep 1, 1927
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Ralph Stanley Cushman
Feb 26, 1931
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Jean Baptiste Jalbert
May 13, 1933
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Robert Lee Moore
Oct 22, 1935
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Randall E. Shelley
Jun 3, 1946
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George E. Townsend
Aug 27, 1956
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R. Lyle Frost, Jr.
Jul 1, 1968
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Richard E. Varney
Sep 27, 1972
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William F. Hanrahan
Nov 21, 1992
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Daryl Ray Gordon
Mar 25, 2011
Where the Name Is Cut
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 5-W
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