Special Deputy Marshal

Jack Kimbrew

Felonious
End of Watch September 11, 1878
Age 34
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Marshal Kimbrew succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day while assisting other deputy marshals conduct a raid on three moonshiners in Hancock County, Georgia.

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148 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Special Deputy Marshal Kimbrew 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 September 11, 1878
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jack is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1878, 51 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 139th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jack was 34. 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.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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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, Jack among them.

Across the years

Special Deputy Marshal Jack Kimbrew

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch September 11, 1878

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 59-W

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