W. C. McDaniels
Incident
Deputy Marshal W.C. McDaniels was shot and killed as he and other posse members attempted to arrest a man for cattle stealing, train robbery, and murder near Horseshoe Mound, Oklahoma. The suspect was shot and killed in the return fire.
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131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Special Deputy Marshal McDaniels 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
Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Felonious
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has lost 313 officers; 251 of them killed feloniously.
W. is one of 754 officers killed feloniously in DC, 53.1% of the 1,419 remembered there.
W. is one of 15,741 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.2% of the 27,543 remembered there.
W. is one of 17,629 officers killed feloniously worldwide, 52% of the 33,910 remembered here.
33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1895, 10 officers at United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service were killed feloniously, the 4th heaviest of 78 years on record. The heaviest was 1872, with 13.
In 1895, 12 officers in DC were killed feloniously, the 11th heaviest of 159 years on record. The heaviest was 1922, with 20.
In 1895, 74 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 95th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.
In 1895, 77 officers worldwide were killed feloniously, the 97th heaviest of 265 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 516.
When
March holds 8.8% of these deaths at United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service; July holds the most, 13.1%. Saturdays: 12%.
March holds 7% of these deaths in DC; July holds the most, 11.7%. Saturdays: 13%.
March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.
March holds 7.8% of these deaths worldwide; December holds the most, 9.2%. Saturdays: 16.2%.
How
Felonious deaths account for 80.2% of all 313 deaths at United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 37.8% of these deaths.
Felonious deaths account for 53.1% of all 1,419 deaths in DC, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 35% of these deaths.
Felonious deaths account for 57.2% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.
Felonious deaths account for 52% of all 33,910 deaths worldwide, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 20.4% of these deaths.
His people
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has at least 120 officers remembered here, W. among them.
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Robert Forsyth
Jan 11, 1794
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John Gatewood Feb 2, 1839
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James Batchelder May 26, 1854
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William H. Richardson Nov 17, 1855
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Eli R. Doyle Dec 27, 1855
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Leonard Armes Apr 20, 1860
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George W. Leihy Nov 18, 1866
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Theodore W. Moses Dec 6, 1869
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Thomas P. Foley Apr 27, 1870
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William Rufus Story
May 2, 1870
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William Hicks Reeves Mar 1, 1871
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William Anderson Looper Mar 3, 1871
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John Zeke Feb 16, 1872
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William T. Bentz Feb 22, 1872
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Clement McCausland
Feb 23, 1872
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Blacksut Beck Apr 15, 1872
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Sam Beck Apr 15, 1872
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William Hicks Apr 15, 1872
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George Selvidge
Apr 15, 1872
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Jim Ward Apr 15, 1872
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Riley Woods Apr 15, 1872
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William Beck Apr 16, 1872
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Jacob G. Owens
Apr 16, 1872
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Caleb N. Keith May 2, 1872
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Maddison F. Mitchell Jun 18, 1872
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Henry Franklin Griffin
Oct 6, 1872
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Marcus F. Parker Mar 22, 1873
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John C. Stephenson Jul 11, 1873
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R. T. Dunn Aug 8, 1873
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Andy Frigate Sep 5, 1873
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John P. Fries Oct 25, 1873
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Perry DuVal Nov 2, 1873
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Noah H. Burns Feb 15, 1874
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James P. Everette Jul 10, 1874
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William Spivey Aug 6, 1874
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Alfred F. Duckworth
Mar 1, 1876
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Arthur J. Harrington Jun 6, 1876
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Felix H. Torbett Oct 1, 1876
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Albert Gibson Jan 26, 1877
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Augustine McIntyre
Feb 10, 1877
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Van Buren Hendrix Feb 12, 1877
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John Wilson Feb 14, 1877
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Maston Reynolds Greene
May 12, 1877
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George Ellis Dec 10, 1877
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Rufus Springs
Apr 19, 1878
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Thomas Echols Rodgers Apr 29, 1878
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Augustus Harris Jun 17, 1878
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Harry T. McCarty Jul 13, 1878
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John Hicks Adams
Sep 2, 1878
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Cornelius Finley
Sep 2, 1878
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Jack Kimbrew Sep 11, 1878
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William H. Anderson Nov 8, 1878
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Lorenzo C. Crowell Jan 10, 1879
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James Kirby Sep 1, 1879
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C. R. V. Schefsky Sep 7, 1879
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Willard Rufus Ayers
Aug 11, 1880
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John Byron Hardie Dec 8, 1880
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Henry Seagraves Apr 8, 1881
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Robert Olinger
Apr 28, 1881
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Thomas Young Aug 25, 1882
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Dave H. Layman Apr 10, 1883
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John Mack Weir Jul 2, 1883
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John Collins Aug 10, 1883
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Addison Beck
Sep 27, 1883
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Lewis Merritt Sep 27, 1883
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William Leech Apr 10, 1884
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Walter Raleigh Killion May 24, 1884
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L. J. McDonald Jul 12, 1884
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Bud Pusley Nov 9, 1884
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Harrington Lee Gosling
Feb 21, 1885
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Jim Guy May 1, 1885
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William Kirksey May 1, 1885
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Andy Roff May 1, 1885
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James Roff May 1, 1885
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William Lee Miller Jul 6, 1885
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Miller Hurst Oct 11, 1885
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W. D. Kellett Dec 7, 1885
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John Nathaniel Merritt
Mar 6, 1886
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Tom C. Hall Mar 18, 1886
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James E. Richardson Mar 29, 1886
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R. W. Townsend Apr 4, 1886
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Henry Miller Apr 9, 1886
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William H. Irwin Apr 13, 1886
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Sam Sixkiller
Dec 24, 1886
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William Kelly Jan 17, 1887
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Mark Kuykendall Jan 17, 1887
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Henry Smith Jan 17, 1887
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William Fields Apr 10, 1887
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Dan Maples
May 5, 1887
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John Carleton Nov 5, 1887
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Frank Dalton
Nov 27, 1887
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E. A. Stokley Dec 3, 1887
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John D. Trammel Jun 26, 1888
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John Phillips Jun 30, 1888
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William Whitson Jun 30, 1888
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Mose McIntosh Nov 9, 1888
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Thomas Goodson Dec 1, 1888
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Z. W. Moody Mar 15, 1889
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Russell Wireman Mar 26, 1889
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Jim Williams Jun 5, 1889
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Joe Lundy Jun 10, 1889
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Charles Tanner Sparks
Oct 2, 1889
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Worth Bailey Saunders Feb 13, 1890
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Robert Cox Apr 14, 1890
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Charles H. V. Fusselman
Apr 17, 1890
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Jim Billy Jul 13, 1890
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David Sigemore Jul 31, 1890
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Samuel L. L'Estrange Nov 21, 1890
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William Pitts Dec 1, 1890
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Marion Prickett Dec 15, 1890
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Steve Pen-Su-Wau Feb 6, 1891
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James C. Arnold
Feb 26, 1891
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J. Locke Ezzell May 8, 1891
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Bernard Connelley Aug 19, 1891
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Charles Edwin Short
Aug 23, 1891
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Joseph S. Wilson Sep 23, 1891
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R. Lee Taylor Oct 1, 1891
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George E. Thornton
Oct 28, 1891
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George Wise
Oct 30, 1891
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Calixto Garcia Oct 30, 1891
Where the Name Is Cut
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