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Incident
Deputy Warden Lee Parker was shot and killed after stopping a vehicle that contained two men and their wives who were spotlighting deer in Westfield. One of the men in the vehicle shot Deputy Warden in the chest at point blank range. The suspect, age 42, was apprehended, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to 10 to 20 years.
Survivors
Deputy Warden Parker was survived by his wife and five children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Warden Parker 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, Deputy Warden Parker.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Felonious
Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service has lost 16 officers; 6 of them killed feloniously.
Lee is one of 17,631 officers killed feloniously worldwide, 51.7% of the 34,117 remembered here.
34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1927, 1 officer at Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service was killed feloniously, the 3rd heaviest of 4 years on record. The heaviest was 1886, with 2.
In 1927, 222 officers worldwide were killed feloniously, the 9th heaviest of 265 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 516.
Who
Lee was 40. Of the 5 killed feloniously at Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service whose age is recorded, half were between 40 and 47; the middle age was 46.
Lee was 40. Of the 15,854 killed feloniously worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 30 and 46; the middle age was 38.
When
September holds 16.7% of these deaths at Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service; November holds the most, 66.7%. Thursdays: 16.7%.
September holds 8.8% of these deaths worldwide; December holds the most, 9.2%. Thursdays: 14.1%.
How
Felonious deaths account for 37.5% of all 16 deaths at Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service, the 2nd most common cause. The weapon recorded was rifle, in 16.7% of these deaths.
Felonious deaths account for 51.7% of all 34,117 deaths worldwide, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was rifle, in 5.3% of these deaths.
His people
Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Warden Service has 16 officers remembered here, Lee 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 28-E
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