Frank Dalton
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Deputy U.S. Marshal

Frank Dalton

Felonious
End of Watch November 27, 1887
Age 28
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Marshal Frank Dalton was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a horse thief in Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma) near the Arkansas River. The following week the suspect shot and killed Deputy Marshal Ed Stokley as he and a posse attempted to arrest the man. The suspect was shot and killed by another posse member after shooting Deputy Marshal Stokley. Deputy Marshal Dalton had served with the agency for 3 years and is buried in Elmwood Cemtery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas. Deputy Marshal Dalton was the older brother of Bob, Grat, Emmett and Mason Bill Dalton. Bob and Grat Dalton had served as Deputy United States Marshals in the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) but later turned to crime, forming the Dalton Gang. Bob and Grat were killed in the Coffeyville, Kansas bank robbery and shooting on October 5, 1892, in which one police officer was killed, and Emmett was captured. Mason Bill Dalton was involved in the killing of three officers in Ingalls, Oklahoma in September, 1893. He was later killed by officers near Ardmore, Oklahoma, in June, 1894.

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139 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Dalton gave the United States Department of Justice 3 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 27, 1887
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Frank 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 1887, 42 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 146th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Frank was 28. 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. Frank had served 3 years; 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

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has at least 120 officers remembered here, Frank among them.

Across the years

Deputy U.S. Marshal Frank Dalton

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch November 27, 1887

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 3-E

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