Herbert Melvin Goddard
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Deputy U.S. Marshal

Herbert Melvin Goddard

Felonious
End of Watch August 14, 1900
Age 40
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Location: Oklahoma Incident Date: Monday, August 13, 1900 Weapon: Gun; Unknown type Offender: Died in jail

Deputy Marshal Herbert Goddard succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day in Goodwater, Oklahoma while attempting to serve a warrant on an Indian for murder.

Despite being wounded, Deputy Marshal Goddard was able to return fire with a shotgun. Five days later the suspect was found hiding in nearby woods suffering from nine buckshot pellet wounds. He was admitted to the Mcallister Jail Hospital where he died in May of 1901.

Deputy Marshal Goddard had served with the United States Marshals Service for one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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You barely got started.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Goddard gave the United States Department of Justice 1 year.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy U.S. Marshal Goddard.

— 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 August 14, 1900
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Herbert 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 1900, 86 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 74th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Herbert was 40. 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. Herbert had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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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 gun; unknown type, in 9.5% 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, Herbert among them.

Across the years

Deputy U.S. Marshal Herbert Melvin Goddard

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch August 14, 1900

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 22-W

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