Roger L. Bauman
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Deputy Sheriff

Roger L. Bauman

Felonious
End of Watch December 12, 1961
Age 25
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Roger Bauman was shot and killed when he and his partner stopped a vehicle wanted in connection with an armed robbery.

As Deputy Bauman pointed his weapon at the car, the suspect opened fire, mortally wounding Deputy Bauman. The suspect was shot and killed in the return gunfire.

Deputy Bauman had served with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department for one year.

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You barely got started.
Deputy Sheriff Bauman gave the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Sacramento community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Bauman.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Platform Identity scso.sacramento.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 12, 1961
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Roger 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 1961, 69 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 104th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

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

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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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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

Sacramento County Sheriff's Office has 22 officers remembered here, Roger among them.

Deputy Sheriff Roger L. Bauman

Sacramento County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch December 12, 1961

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 17-W

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