Mohave County Sheriff's Office, Arizona
End of Watch: Thursday, November 8, 1973
Age: 48
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 40
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: November 8, 1973
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Sheriff Donald Heilman and Deputy Frank Howard 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 Heilman was a United States Navy WWII and Korean War veteran. He was survived by his wife.