Deputy Sheriff

Charles Escalanti

Felonious
End of Watch June 6, 1909
Age 38
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Marshal Charles Escalanti succumbed to stab wounds sustained two weeks earlier while attempting to arrest two drunk men who were loitering near the railroad tracks in Yuma, Arizona. Despite being stabbed several times, he was able to shoot and wound one of the suspects. Both men were arrested and charged with murder.

Deputy Escalante's killer was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to one year in the county jail and fined one dollar.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Escalanti served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Escalanti.

— 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 June 6, 1909
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Stabbed
Weapon Edged weapon

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Charles 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 1909, 99 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 52nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Charles was 38. 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
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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By day of the week
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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 edged weapon, in 2.2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years

Deputy Sheriff Charles Escalanti

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch June 6, 1909

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 38-W

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