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Philip Mark Daniels
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Deputy Sheriff

Philip Mark Daniels

Bell County Sheriff's Department — Pineville, KY
Felonious
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End of Watch June 17, 1927
Age 33
The Vigil Panel 53 ›
Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 25

Incident

Deputy Philip Daniels was shot and killed while investigating a disturbance at the Southern Mining Company camp in Insull. One of the men involved in the disturbance shot Deputy Daniels in the abdomen.

Despite being mortally wounded, Deputy Daniels was able to return fire and killed the suspect with a shot to the head. Deputy Daniels was placed aboard a train and taken to the hospital in Middlesboro, where he died three days later.

Deputy Daniels was survived by his wife and five children.

Survivors

Deputy Daniels was survived by his wife and five children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Daniels served with the Bell County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Pineville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Daniels.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Bell County Sheriff's Department
Type Sheriff's Office
Location Pineville, Bell County, KY
Platform Identity bcso.bell.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 17, 1927
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Philip is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1927, 220 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 6th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Philip was 33. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

Age at death
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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His people

Bell County Sheriff's Department has 26 officers remembered here, Philip among them.

Across the years

Deputy Sheriff Philip Mark Daniels

Bell County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch June 17, 1927

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 59-W

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