End of Watch November 3, 1883
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy McGill was shot and killed while he and a sheriff attempted to arrest a drunk man firing his gun in Tishomingo, Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). The suspect shot Deputy McGill several times and then committed suicide.

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143 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Sheriff McGill served with the United States Department of the Interior.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

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

Service Record

End of Watch November 3, 1883
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Henry 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 1883, 43 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 144th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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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 the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services has 52 officers remembered here, Henry among them.

Across the years

Deputy Sheriff Henry McGill

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services · End of Watch November 3, 1883

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 57-E

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