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Deputy Game Warden

Patrick Thomas Waters

Michigan Department of Natural Resources — Lansing, MI
Accident
United States flag Michigan flag
End of Watch May 29, 1923
Age 51
The Vigil Panel 45 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 14

Incident

Deputy Game Warden Patrick Waters suffered a fatal head injury when he fell down a set of stairs into the basement of the Riverview Hotel at 3532 Military Street in Port Huron, Michigan.

He had obtained a warrant on a subject for violating fish and game laws and had received information that the man would be at the hotel in the early morning hours. He and another deputy game warden had met with the hotel's proprietor at 2:00 am. He mistakenly opened the door to the hotel's basement believing he was entering a different room. As he stepped through the door he fell down the stairs and struck his head on the door frame at the bottom.

Deputy Game Warden Waters was survived by his wife and three children.

Survivors

Deputy Game Warden Waters was survived by his wife and three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Game Warden Waters served with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Thank you for your service to the Lansing community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Game Warden Waters.

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

Agency

Department Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Type Federal Agency
Location Lansing, Ingham County, MI
Platform Identity mdnr.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 29, 1923
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Patrick 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 1923, 77 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 31st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Patrick was 51. 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.

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When

May holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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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

Michigan Department of Natural Resources has 15 officers remembered here, Patrick among them.

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Where

Deputy Game Warden Patrick Thomas Waters

Michigan Department of Natural Resources · End of Watch May 29, 1923

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 4-W

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