End of Watch September 10, 1894
Gender Male

Incident

Lighthorseman Marshal was shot and killed in Muskogee, Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma), while a man he was attempting to arrest for stealing horses.

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132 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Lighthorseman Marshal 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 September 10, 1894
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Robert 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 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

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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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.

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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, Robert among them.

Across the years

Lighthorseman Robert Marshal

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services · End of Watch September 10, 1894

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 37-E

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