Iowa State Patrol, Iowa, Fallen Officers

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Iowa State Patrol, IA

Iowa State Patrol

	Trooper Mark Toney Iowa State Patrol EOW: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Cause: Automobile accident
	Trooper Allen Patrick Nieland Iowa State Patrol EOW: Sunday, October 14, 1990 Cause: Aircraft accident
	Trooper Stanley E. Gerling Iowa State Patrol EOW: Friday, June 30, 1989 Cause: Aircraft accident
	Trooper Pilot Lance G. Dietsch Iowa State Patrol EOW: Friday, June 30, 1989 Cause: Aircraft accident
	Trooper Charles Gerald Whitney Iowa State Patrol EOW: Sunday, June 16, 1985 Cause: Struck by vehicle
	Sergeant Marvin C. VanderLinden Iowa State Patrol EOW: Friday, June 11, 1965 Cause: Automobile accident
	Patrolman Ralph Franklin Garthwaite Iowa State Patrol EOW: Saturday, July 2, 1955 Cause: Vehicular assault
	Patrolman Harold Clarence DeGear Iowa State Patrol EOW: Friday, February 19, 1954 Cause: Struck by vehicle
	Patrolman Harold Emmerson Klinkefus Iowa State Patrol EOW: Wednesday, May 18, 1949 Cause: Automobile accident
	Patrolman Oran H. Pape Iowa State Patrol EOW: Thursday, April 30, 1936 Cause: Gunfire

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 10

Aircraft accident: 3
Automobile accident: 3
Gunfire: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicular assault: 1

By Month

February: 1
April: 1
May: 1
June: 4
July: 1
September: 1
October: 1

By Gender

Male: 10
Female: 0

All 2012 Deaths