Deputy U.S. Marshal

Lincoln Keeney

Felonious
End of Watch November 24, 1894
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Marshal Lincoln Keeney was shot and killed in Fairland, Oklahoma, by a man he had arrested several days earlier. The suspect had escaped from custody and searched out Deputy Marshal Keeney. When he located the marshal he shot him in the head and then fled the state. The man was arrested the following year in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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132 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Keeney served with the United States Department of Justice.
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 24, 1894
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Lincoln 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 1894, 70 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 103rd 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
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His people

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

Across the years

Deputy U.S. Marshal Lincoln Keeney

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch November 24, 1894

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 36-W

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