VIOLENT DEATHS OF U.S. MARSHALS
These are the Marshals, Deputies, Possemen and Guards that have died "VIOLENT DUTY DEATHS" working for the United States Marshals ( This list is not The United States Marshal Service List). There are approximately 288 on this list. There are approximately another 300 names that are unconfirmed that are not included in this list until Robert Ernst or I can verify the information. The names that appear on this site were compiled by George Stumpf and Robert Ernst and are not part of the United States Marshals Service Memorial or the names that appear on the U.S. Marshals website or the National Law Enforcement Memorial.
Currently a book has been published titled "Deadly Affrays" which contains all of the names on this list as well the stories and photos pertaining to these Marshals and Deputies. Robert Ernst is the author. It will be released June 30, 2006. Book will have 530 pages. Cost is $34.95 Plus $5.00 Shipping. Books can bought through Robert Ernst, George Stumpf or Scarletmask Enterprises (The book publisher).
If anyone has any photos of the names on the list below , would you please contact me.
If anybody has any Newspapers articles or records of U.S. Marshals or Deputies that were killed and are able to verify that information, please e-mail me at silverstar1@bresnan.net or mail information to Silverstar Collectables, P.O. Box 311, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003
| NAME | TITLE | DISTRICT | DATE KILLED |
| Adams, John Hicks | DUSM | T/AZ | September 2, 1878 |
| Adams, (Unknown) | Posse | W/AR | October 1, 1873 |
| Anders, J. L. | DUSM | T/AK.4 | September 9, 1921 |
| Anderson, William H. | DUSM | W/TX | November 8, 1878 |
| Armes, Leonard | DUSM | T/KS | April 20, 1860 |
| Arnold, William | Special Deputy | N/IT | March 17, 1898 |
| Atwell, Ed | DUSM | W/AR | October 9, 1896 |
| Ayers, Willard R. | DUSM | W/AR | August 11,1880 |
| Ballinger, James H. | Posse | M/TN | July 22, 1892 |
| Bartley, Hugh J. | DUSM | N/OH | June 30, 1921 |
| Batchelder, James | Special Deputy | D/MA | May 26, 1854 |
| Beard, John M. | DUSM | W/AR | December 9, 1894 |
| Beardsley, Seth | DUSM | W/AR | October 1, 1873 |
| Beck, Addison | DUDM | W/AR | September 27, 1883 |
| Beck, Sut Black | Posse | W/AR | April 15, 1872 |
| Beck, Sam | Posse | W/AR | April 15, 1872 |
| Beck, William | Posse | W/AR | April 16, 1872 |
| Bell, James W. | DUSM | T/NM | April 28, 1881 |
| Belluomini, Harry A. | Special (CSO) | N/IL | July 20, 1992 |
| Bentz, William T. | DUSM | W/AR | February 22, 1872 |
| Billy, Jim | DUSM | E/TX | July 13, 1890 |
| Blair, James M. | DUSM | D/KY | August 21, 1899 |
| Boehnlein, Andrew | DUSM | S/OH | September 26, 1971 |
| Bourland, James C. | Chief Deputy | T/OK | May 24, 1906 |
| Brady, William | DUSM | T/NM | April 1, 1878 |
| Brockus, C. B. | DUSM | W/NC | February 16, 1893 |
| Brown, Henry E. | Special Deputy | S/OH | October 15, 1884 |
| Bruner, Eli Hickman | DUSM | N/IT | June 21, 1898 |
| Burns, H. H. | DUSM | W/NC | February 15, 1874 |
| Bush, James H. | DUSM | W/AR | June 27, 1906 |
| Byrd, William A. | DUSM | E/KY | January 16, 1897 |
| Calhoun, Clyde D. | DUSM | T/AK.1 | February 12, 1919 |
| Campbell, James J. | DUSM | D/IT | May 25, 1891 |
| Campbell, (Unknown) | DUSM | W/AR | November 07, 1886 |
| Cardwell, Creed S. | Posse | M/TN | October 7, 1891 |
| Carleton, John | DUSM | W/AR | November 5, 1887 |
| Carlson, Henry Burton | DUSM | D/MN | June 20, 1991 |
| Casey, J. Walter | DUSM | W/AR | July 16, 1923 |
| Cheshire, Robert S. jr. | DUSM | D/ND | February 13, 1983 |
| Chitty, Artis J. | U.S. Marshal | W/WA | August 22, 1940 |
| Connelly, Bernard | DUSM | W/AR | August 19, 1891 |
| Corbin, Christopher Duffie | Special Deputy | D/SC | March 8, 1909 |
| Corbin, William Benjamin Franklin | DUSM | D/SC | March 8, 1909 |
| Cox, Robert | Posse | W/AR | April 14, 1890 |
| Crews, Buck John Dee | DUSM | N/FL | March 4, 1909 |
| Criswell, Sam | Posse | N/TX | January 19, 1889 |
| Cross, Will A. | Special Deputy | E/TX | August 12, 1922 |
| Crowell, L.C. | DUSM | W/TX | January 10, 1879 |
| Dale, Henry | DUSM | N/IL | July 14, 1971 |
| Dalton, Frank | DUSM | W/AR | November 27, 1887 |
| Davidson, Holmes | DUSM | E/OK | July 23, 1914 |
| Davis, James M. | DUSM | M/TN | March 13, 1882 |
| Davis, John T. | DUSM | W/AR | August 1, 1895 |
| Degan, William Francis | DUSM | D/MA | August 21, 1992 |
| Deiter, W.F. | Special Deputy | D/PR | March 1, 1932 |
| Dillaway, G. W. | DUSM | W/TN | December 14, 1911 |
| Dixon, Ben F. | DUSM | N/GA | January 13, 1919 |
| Dixon, L. P. | Posse | W/IT | July 19, 1907 |
| Dobson, Joe M | DUSM | E/AR | August 29, 1897 |
| Dorsay, Raoul | DUSM | N/CA | November 25, 1937 |
| Duckworth, Alfred F. | DUSM | W/NC | March 1, 1876 |
| Dunn, Robert T. | Special Deputy | N/MS | August 9, 1873 |
| Duval, Perry | Posse | W/AR | November 2, 1873 |
| Early, W. W. | DUSM | W/VA | October 26, 1878 |
| Ellis, George | Special Deputy | W/KY | December 10, 1877 |
| Escalante, Charles | DUSM | T/AZ | June 6, 1909 |
| Estrange, Samuel L. | DUSM | N/FL | November 21, 1890 |
| Evans, Isaac | DUSM | T/AK.3 | September 3, 1919 |
| Everette, James P. | DUSM | M/TN | July 10, 1874 |
| Ezzell, John Locke | DUSM | N/AL | April 8, 1891 |
| Farr, Edward J. | Posse | T/NM | July 16, 1899 |
| Farrar, Colby S. | DUSM | D/AZ | October 7, 1939 |
| Faulkner, Frank | Posse | W/AR | September 14, 1894 |
| Fields, John | DUSM | W/AR | October 19, 1892 |
| Fields, William | DUSM | W/AR | April 10, 1887 |
| Fink, Edward D. | DUSM | W/IT | November 28, 1904 |
| Finley, Cornelius | DUSM | T/AZ | September 2, 1878 |
| Flanery, E. F. | DUSM | D/SD | March 28, 1928 |
| Forsyth, Robert | U.S. Marshal | D/GA | January 11, 1794 |
| Frakes, Roy C. | DUSM | N/IL | July 20, 1992 |
| Friend, Noah R. | DUSM | E/KY | November 13, 1963 |
| Fries, John P. | DUSM | W/TX | October 25, 1873 |
| Fusselman, Charles H. | DUSM | W/TX | April 17, 1890 |
| Gaines, Joe | DUSM | E/TX | August 22, 1893 |
| Garcia, Calixtro | DUSM | W/TX | October 30, 1891 |
| Garner, C. B. | Special Deputy | W/TN | June 24, 1893 |
| Garrett, John | DUSM | N/IT | July 30, 1895 |
| Gibson, Albert | DUSM | W/TN | January 26, 1877 |
| Gilstrap, Ike L. | DUSM | N/IT | March 12, 1906 |
| Glenn, John H. | DUSM | D/ID | July 31, 1940 |
| Goldsberry, Gene Leroy | Special (CSO) | D/KS | August 5, 1993 |
| Gooding, John Franklin | DUSM | S/SC | July 18, 1935 |
| Goodson, Thomas | DUSM | E/TN | December 1, 1888 |
| Gorsuch, Edward | Posse | E/PA | September 11, 1851 |
| Gosling, Harrington Lee "Hal" | U.S. Marshal | W/TX | February 21, 1885 |
| Grady, James Boley | DUSM | C/IT | July 17, 1898 |
| Greene, Maston Reynolds | DUSM | W/TX | May 12, 1877 |
| Griffin, Frank | DUSM | E/TX | October 6, 1872 |
| Griggs, J. Perry | Special Deputy | N/AL | August 10, 1893 |
| Grissom, Thomas B. | DUSM | E/AR | September 13, 1894 |
| Guerin, James | DUSM | D/NB | December 6, 1951 |
| Guy, James H. | DUSM | W/AR | May 1, 1885 |
| Hager, James O. | DUSM | D/WV | August 10, 1889 |
| Hall, Thomas C. | DUSM | T/NM | March 17, 1886 |
| Hamilton, John Speed | DUSM | D/KY | October 28, 1892 |
| Hardin, William T. | DUSM | W/AR | October 19/1890 |
| Hardie, John B. | DUSM | N/AL | December 8, 1880 |
| Harper, D. J. | DUSM | C/IT | January 8, 1897 |
| Harrington, Arthur J. | DUSM | D/KY | June 6, 1876 |
| Harris, West W. | DUSM | W/AR | September 14, 1894 |
| Harrison, Bill R. M. | DUSM | OT | May 9, 1894 |
| Haven, John | DUSM | D/RI | March 4, 1919 |
| Heinrichs, Joseph P. | DUSM | N/IT | March 15, 1899 |
| Hendrix, Van Buren | Special Deputy | D/SC | February 12, 1877 |
| Hicks, William | Posse | W/AR | April 15, 1872 |
| Hildreth, William D. | DUSM | M/TN | May 31, 1874 |
| Hill, Leonidas Sengel "Bud" | DUSM | C/IT | July 17, 1898 |
| Hill, James E. | DUSM | T/AK.3 | October 30, 1924 |
| Hillebrand, H. J. | DUSM | W/TX | September 22, 1870 |
| Hillman, Peter Purdy | DUSM | E/CA | June 8, 2000 |
| Hindman, George | DUSM | T/NM | April 1, 1878 |
| Holden, Alonzo "Lon" Walter | DUSM | E/OK | May 7, 1909 |
| Holsonback, J. N. | DUSM | N/AL | January 11, 1902 |
| Houston, Luther "Lute" | DUSM | T/OK | October 20, 1902 |
| Hueston, Thomas J. | DUSM | T/OK | September 2, 1893 |
| Hughett, R. L. | DUSM | E/TN | June 15, 1930 |
| Hurst, Miller | DUSM | M/TN | October 11, 1885 |
| Irwin, William J. | DUSM | S/IT | March 13, 1886 |
| Jenkins, Ellis T. | DUSM | E/MO | February 15, 1871 |
| Johnson, A. W. | Posse | S/IT | October 21, 1896 |
| Jones, John B. | DUSM | T/OK | July 3, 1903 |
| Jorden, Joe | DUSM | N/IT | October 14, 1897 |
| Kalafatick, Carl Joseph | DUSM | S/FL | February 23, 1968 |
| Keating, Lawrence | Guard | W/AR | July 26, 1895 |
| Kellett, W. D. | DUSM | N/GA | December 7, 1885 |
| Kelly, William F. | Posse | W/AR | January 17, 1887 |
| Kenney, Lincoln | DUSM | D/KS | November 23, 1894 |
| Keys, James D. | DUSM | W/AR | January 8, 1903 |
| Killion, Walter Raleigh | DUSM | D/KY | May 24, 1884 |
| Kimbrew, Jack | Posse | N/GA | September 11, 1878 |
| Kirby, John D. | DUSM | E/SC | March 5, 1896 |
| Kirksey, William | Posse | W/AR | May 1, 1885 |
| Knight, Charles J. | DUSM | W/TX | April 25, 1873 |
| Kuykendall, Mark | Posse | W/AR | January 17, 1887 |
| Layman, Dave H. | DUSM | W/AR | April 10, 1883 |
| Leech, William | Posse | W/AR | April 10, 1884 |
| LeForce, Newton | DUSM | W/AR | December 12, 1894 |
| Letford, James | Posse | W/SC | June 12, 1877 |
| Lilly, Samuel | DUSM | E/NC | July 29, 1924 |
| Logan, James Robert | DUSM | E/OK | March 9, 1915 |
| Love, Henry M. | Posse | T/NM | July 20, 1899 |
| Lundy, Joe | DUSM | D/KS | June 14, 1889 |
| Luses, John | DUSM | W/PA | September 8, 1938 |
| Madden, Thomas R. | DUSM | W/AR | April 19, 1896 |
| Maples, Dan | DUSM | W/AR | May 4, 1887 |
| Martin, Thomas J. | DUSM | E/AR | June 4, 1894 |
| Mather, S.D. | Posse | M/TN | October 7, 1892 |
| McCarty, Harry T. | DUSM | KS | July 13, 1878 |
| McCall, William W. | DUSM | E/TX | January 10, 1895 |
| McCormick, William Lawrence | DUSM | W/WI | September 3, 1941 |
| McCrary, Alfred | Special Deputy | W/SC | May 26, 1877 |
| McDaniels, W. C. | Posse | W/AR | May 16, 1895 |
| McDonald, L. J. | DUSM | M/TN | July 12, 1884 |
| McGinnis, Andrew W. | DUSM | N/CA | September 13, 1892 |
| McHenry, John | DUSM | E/TX | December 26, 1895 |
| McIntosh, Mose | Posse | W/AR | November 9, 1888 |
| McIntyre, Augustine | Posse | N/GA | February 10, 1877 |
| McKinney, Dick Donald | DUSM | N/IA | July 20, 1972 |
| McLellan, Abner Davis | DUSM | IT | July 20, 1894 |
| McWeir, John | DUSM | W/AR | July 2, 1883 |
| Meffan, George A. | U.S. Marshal | D/ID | July 31, 1940 |
| Merritt, John N. | DUSM | N/GA | March 6, 1886 |
| Merritt, Lewis | Posse | IT | September 27, 1883 |
| Metcalf, Adrian | DUSM | E/KY | July 31, 1929 |
| Metcalf, Horace | DUSM | W/MO | August 22, 1874 |
| Miller, Henry | Guard | IT | April 9, 1886 |
| Miller, William Lee | DUSM | M/TN | July 6, 1885 |
| Mitchell, Madison F. | DUSM | SC | June 18, 1872 |
| Montgomery, Hugh | DUSM | N/MS | November 16, 1901 |
| Montgomery, John A. | Posse | N/MS | November 16, 1901 |
| Moody, Ed | DUSM | N/AL | July, 25, 1921 |
| Moody, Z. William | DUSM | IT | March 15, 1889 |
| Morrison, John W. | DUSM | N/IT | July 17, 1907 |
| Moses, Theodore W. | DUSM | W/MO | December 4, 1869 |
| Moya, Mercello | Guard | S/TX | March 30, 1971 |
| Muir, Kenneth B. | U.S. Marshal | D/ND | February 13, 1983 |
| Mullins, John C. | DUSM | E/KY | December 25, 1908 |
| Murphy, Fax Brooks | DUSM | N/WV | August 17, 1960 |
| Nakedhead, James | DUSM | W/AR | February 27, 1895 |
| Niggli, Ferdinand | DUSM | W/TX | August 31, 1885 |
| Nix, Joe M.W. | DUSM | IT | August 3, 1894 |
| Olinger, Robert A. | DUSM | T/NM | April 28, 1881 |
| Osborne, Dan | DUSM | N/AL | November 20, 1891 |
| Owens, Jacob G. | DUSM | W/AR | April 16, 1872 |
| Parker, M. F. | DUSM | W/AR | March 22, 1873 |
| Peckinpuagh, Henry | DUSM | C/IT | November 27, 1899 |
| Pemberton, John B. | DUSM | W/AR | February 20, 1892 |
| Pensoneau, Stephen | Posse | T/OK | February 6, 1891 |
| Peterson, Fredrick L. | Chief Deputy | D/ID | July 14, 1951 |
| Phillips, John | DUSM | IT | June 30, 1888 |
| Phelgar, C. P. | DUSM | W/VA | May 14, 1915 |
| Pitts, William | DUSM | E/TX | November 30, 1890 |
| Plank, Ed S. | DUSM | E/OK | July 23, 1914 |
| Poe, John | DUSM | S/IT | September 25, 1901 |
| Poorboy, Josiah | Posse | W/AR | December 8, 1891 |
| Price, Thomas | DUSM | M/TN | July 20, 1901 |
| Prickett, Marion | Posse | W/AR | December 15, 1890 |
| Pursley, Bud | Posse | IT | November 9, 1884 |
| Ragle, John | Posse | W/NC | April 8, 1875 |
| Ramey, Marion | Posse | E//KY | May 4, 1913 |
| Ray, J. Herbert | DUSM | E/KY | February 2, 1935 |
| Reed, Robert | DUSM | W/AR | October 20, 1889 |
| Reeves, William H. | Posse | W/TN | March 1, 1871 |
| Richardson, James E. | DUSM | W/AR | March 29, 1886 |
| Richardson, William H. | U.S. Marshal | N/CA | November 17, 1855 |
| Rivers, Clyde E. | DUSM | N/MS | May 16, 1931 |
| Roberts, Sam | Posse | C/IT | July 5, 1907 |
| Roff, Andrew | Posse | W/AR | May 1, 1885 |
| Roff, James | Posse | W/AR | May 1, 1885 |
| Rowan, James Mark | DUSM | AK | January 31, 1898 |
| Russell, Sherman | DUSM | W/AR | July 12, 1893 |
| Saunders, Bob | DUSM | D/WV | May 12, 1877 |
| Saunders, W. B. | DUSM | N/FL | February 13, 1890 |
| Schefsky, G. R. | DUSM | W/TX | September 7, 1870 |
| Schorre, Hilton E. | DUSM | S/TX | March 30, 1971 |
| Schweppe, Edmund L. | DUSM | D/AZ | September 15, 1952 |
| Seagraves, Henry | DUSM | M/TN | April 8, 1881 |
| Selridge, George | Posse | W/AR | April 15, 1872 |
| Shadley, Lafayette | DUSM | OT | September 3, 1893 |
| Shaver, W. (Dick) R. | DUSM | W/IT | August 15, 1905 |
| Sherriff, Norman E. | DUSM | DC | September 24, 1971 |