Russell Lynn Boyd
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Trooper

Russell Lynn Boyd

Felonious
End of Watch October 11, 1983
Age 25
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Badge 5532
Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Russell Boyd was shot and killed after stopping a man on Texas 6, near Hempstead, who had gone on a shooting spree earlier in the day. The suspect had shot and killed six other people. The man was apprehended and executed for the crime in 1987. Trooper Boyd had served with the Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol for one year.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife.

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You barely got started.
Trooper Boyd gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Boyd.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Austin, Travis County, TX
Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 11, 1983
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 25
Badge Number 5532
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Russell is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1983, 106 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 47th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Russell was 25. 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. Russell had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

By month
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, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol has 96 officers remembered here, Russell among them.

Across the years
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Where

Trooper Russell Lynn Boyd

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol · End of Watch October 11, 1983

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 10-E

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