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Deputy Sheriff

Miles Hall

Letcher County Sheriff's Office — Whitesburg, KY
Felonious
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End of Watch November 1, 1921
Age 29
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 18

Incident

Deputy Miles Hall succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained hours earlier while attempting to quell a disturbance.

As he attempted to separate the men one of them became combative and Deputy Hall struck him with his pistol. As a doctor tended to the injured man's wound someone else shot Deputy Hall in the stomach, fatally wounding him.

Deputy Hall was survived by his wife.

Survivors

Deputy Hall was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Hall served with the Letcher County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Whitesburg community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Hall.

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

Agency

Department Letcher County Sheriff's Office
Type Sheriff's Office
Location Whitesburg, Letcher County, KY
Platform Identity lcso.letcher.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 1, 1921
Age 29
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Miles is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1921, 248 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Miles was 29. Of the 14,219 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

November holds 8.1% 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

Letcher County Sheriff's Office has 19 officers remembered here, Miles among them.

Across the years

Deputy Sheriff Miles Hall

Letcher County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch November 1, 1921

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 3-W

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