Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Rangers, Texas Fallen Officers

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Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Rangers
Austin, TX

Second Lieutenant Alfred H. Miles
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1837
Cause of Death: Assault

Private Jesse Blair
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1837
Cause of Death: Assault

Private Alexander Bostwick
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1837
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private James Christian
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1837
Cause of Death: Assault

Private Joseph Cooper
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1837
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private James Joslen
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1837
Cause of Death: Assault

Private Westley Nicholson
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1837
Cause of Death: Assault

Private William Nicholson
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1837
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private William Sanders
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1837
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Lewis F. Scheuster
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1837
Cause of Death: Assault

Private Julius Bullock
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, October 12, 1838
Cause of Death: Assault

Private John W. Carpenter
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, October 12, 1838
Cause of Death: Assault

Private Thomas M. Scott
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, October 12, 1838
Cause of Death: Assault

Private John Wilson
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, October 12, 1838
Cause of Death: Assault

Private James Hall
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, December 17, 1838
Cause of Death: Assault

Private John B. Walters
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, February 25, 1839
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Captain Jacob Shipman Burleson
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, February 25, 1839
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Edward Blakey
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, February 25, 1839
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private James Gilleland
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Thursday, March 7, 1839
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Captain John Bird
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Sunday, May 26, 1839
Cause of Death: Assault

First Sergeant William H. Weaver
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Sunday, May 26, 1839
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Jesse E. Nash
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Sunday, May 26, 1839
Cause of Death: Assault

Private Thomas Gay
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Sunday, May 26, 1839
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private H. M. C. Hall
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, May 27, 1839
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Abram Trigg Smith
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 5, 1841
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Peter Fohr
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Saturday, June 8, 1844
Cause of Death: Assault

Private John Fox
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Wednesday, November 16, 1859
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Thomas Grier
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Wednesday, November 16, 1859
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private William McKay
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Wednesday, November 16, 1859
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Nicholas R. Milett
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Wednesday, November 16, 1859
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private David Herman
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Wednesday, December 14, 1859
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Fountain B. Woodruff
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Saturday, February 4, 1860
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Lorenzo Biediger
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 6, 1870
Cause of Death: Assault

Private Walter Richarz
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 6, 1870
Cause of Death: Assault

Private Joseph R. Riff
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 6, 1870
Cause of Death: Assault

Private David W. H. Bailey
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Sunday, July 12, 1874
Cause of Death: Assault

Private William A. (Billy) Glass
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Sunday, July 12, 1874
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private L. B. (Sonny & Berry) Smith
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Saturday, June 12, 1875
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Fourth Sergeant C. E. Mortimer
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Thursday, December 13, 1877
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Third Sergeant John E. McBride
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, December 17, 1877
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Timothy J. (Tim) McCarty
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Wednesday, January 2, 1878
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private A. A. Ruzin
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Saturday, August 10, 1878
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private William B. Anglin
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Sunday, June 29, 1879
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private George R. (Red) Bingham
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Saturday, July 3, 1880
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Benjamin Goodin (Ben) Warren
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, February 10, 1885
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Frank Sieker
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Sunday, May 31, 1885
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Thomas P. Nigh
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, August 18, 1885
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private James H. (Jim) Moore
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Thursday, March 31, 1887
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private John F. Gravis
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, August 4, 1890
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Robert E. Doaty
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, March 22, 1892
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Frank Louis Schmid Jr.
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1893
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Captain Frank Jones
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, June 30, 1893
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private J. W. Woods
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Thursday, November 30, 1893
Cause of Death: Assault

Private Joseph W. (Joe) McKidrict
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Thursday, April 5, 1894
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Lieutenant T. L. Fuller
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, October 15, 1900
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private W. Emmett Robuck
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, September 9, 1902
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Thomas Jefferson (Tom) Goff
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Thursday, September 14, 1905
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Homer White
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, February 4, 1908
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private N. P. (Doc) Thomas
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, January 5, 1909
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Ranger Quirl Bailey Carnes
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Sunday, July 31, 1910
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Grover Scott Russell
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, June 23, 1913
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Eugene B. Hulen
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, May 24, 1915
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Robert Lee Burdett
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, June 7, 1915
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Captain Henry Lee Ransom
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, April 1, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Will P. Stillwell
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Wednesday, April 3, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Thomas Carlyle (Carlie) Hyde
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, April 30, 1918
Cause of Death: Duty related illness

Private John Dudley White Sr.
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, July 12, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Joe R. Shaw
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Wednesday, August 21, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Leonard Tillman Sadler
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, September 16, 1918
Cause of Death: Accidental

Sergeant Delbert Timberlake
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Friday, October 11, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Ben L. Pennington
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Saturday, October 12, 1918
Cause of Death: Duty related illness

Private Robert Ernest Hunt
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, October 15, 1918
Cause of Death: Duty related illness

Private T. E. P. (Ellzey) Perkins
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Thursday, November 7, 1918
Cause of Death: Assault

Private John August Moran
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Thursday, December 12, 1918
Cause of Death: Duty related illness

Private William M. (Will) Alsobrook
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 9, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Private Joseph Benjamin (Joe) Buchanan
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Monday, December 26, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private S. F. Sherman
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, November 7, 1922
Cause of Death: Struck by train

Special Ranger Timothy Samuel Willard
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Dan Lafayette McDuffie
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Private Emmett White
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1933
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Sergeant Clarence R. Nordyke
Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX
EOW: Monday, July 18, 1955
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Ranger Homer A. White
Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX
EOW: Friday, December 8, 1961
Cause of Death: Struck by train

Ranger Bobby Paul Doherty
Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX
EOW: Monday, February 20, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Ranger Stanley Keith Guffey
Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX
EOW: Thursday, January 22, 1987
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 84

Accidental: 1
Assault: 20
Automobile accident: 1
Duty related illness: 4
Gunfire: 54
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1

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