Deputy Sheriff Frank Edwin Howard
Mohave County Sheriff's Office
Arizona
End of Watch: Thursday, November 8, 1973
Cause: Aircraft accident

Biographical Info
Age: 57
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Deputy Howard and Deputy Lloyd Heilman were killed in an aircraft accident while searching for escapees from the Mohave County Jail.

The two deputies were killed when their airplane crashed in the Cerbat Mountains during a multi-agency search for the five escapees. The fugitives were caught the next day.

Deputy Howard was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.