Marc A. Perse
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Sergeant

Marc A. Perse

Colorado Department of Corrections — Colorado Springs, CO
Accident
End of Watch August 15, 1994
Age 26
Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Marc Perse was killed when he fell 90 feet from a repelling tower during training for the Special Operations Response Team. He and other instructors were preparing for a class they were teaching at the United States Air Force Academy when he fell from the climbing tower in the fieldhouse. Sergeant Perse had served with the Colorado Department of Corrections for 3-1/2 years and was assigned to the Territorial Correctional Facility.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Perse gave the Colorado Department of Corrections 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Colorado. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Perse.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO
Platform Identity cdcorr.elpaso.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 15, 1994
Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Marc is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1994, 81 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 26th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Marc was 26. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Marc had served 3.5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Mondays: 13.4%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Colorado Department of Corrections has 18 officers remembered here, Marc among them.

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Where

Sergeant Marc A. Perse

Colorado Department of Corrections · End of Watch August 15, 1994

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 18-E

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