Deputy U.S. Marshal

Marcelo G. Moya

Accident
End of Watch March 30, 1971
Age 33
Tour of Duty 9 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Marshal Hilton E. Schorre assigned to the Southern District of Texas and Nueces County Precinct 1 Deputy Constable Marcelo G. Moya, who was working part time as a guard for the USMS, were killed in an automobile accident on I-35 near Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. The two lawmen were transporting two federal prisoners from the Federal Reformatory in El Reno, Oklahoma, to Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas. Both of the prisoners were also killed in the accident. Deputy Constable Moya was survived by his wife, Herminia (Minnie), two sons, Roy and Richard, and two daughters, Irma Belinda and Elva India. He was buried in the Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery in Corpus Christi. He had been employed by the Nueces County Constable's Office Precinct 1 for nine months.

Survivors

Deputy Constable Moya was survived by his wife, Herminia (Minnie), two sons, Roy and Richard, and two daughters, Irma Belinda and Elva India.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Moya 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 Moya.

— 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 March 30, 1971
Tour of Duty 9 mo
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Marcelo is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1971, 79 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 29th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Marcelo was 33. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Marcelo had served 0.7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

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

Across the years

Deputy U.S. Marshal Marcelo G. Moya

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch March 30, 1971

Where the Name Is Cut

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