- Guy Bradley - 35, Florida Audubon Game Warden was
killed by bird poachers near Flamingo; jury ruled his killers
acted in self defense. July 8, 1905
- Columbus MacLeod - 60, Florida Audubon Game Warden was
killed in Charlotte Harbor; only his destroyed boat and other
evidence were found. November 30, 1908
- Earl Sharp - Wildlife Officer Florida Game and Fresh
Water Fish Commission was killed in an airplane accident.
Wednesday, October 1, 1947
- James R. Fields - Wildlife Officer was accidentally
shot and killed by a turkey hunter who mistook Officer Fields for
game. December 24, 1950
- Johnny Ingram - Wildlife Officer was killed in a
airplane accident. November 25, 1951
- Bud T. Smith - Wildlife Officer was killed in a
automobile accident on US 441. November 30, 1954
- Marvin J. Albritton - Wildlife Officer was killed in an
accident while trying to load a boat on a trailer. August 19, 1966
- Jimmy Thompson - Wildlife Officer was electrocuted
while working on an airboat. June 25, 1968
- Leon Walker - Wildlife Officer was killed in an
automobile accident. August 13, 1970
- Charles Chapin - Wildlife Officer was shot and killed
while attempting to arrest poaching suspects for hunting at night.
November 5, 1972
- James L. Cook - Wildlife Officer drowned while on
patrol. December 8, 1972
- Danese Byron Crowder - Wildlife Officer was killed
while attempting to apprehend a man for poaching. May 3, 1974
- Margaret E. (Peggy) Park - Wildlife Officer was shot
and killed with her own weapon while investigating shots fired in
a subdivision that was under development. December 13, 1984
- Ray Lynn Barnes - Wildlife Officer was shot and killed
while attempting to apprehend a poacher. November 21, 1987
- Roy R. Burnsed - Wildlife Officer was killed in a
head-on auto collision with wildlife officer Charles T. Randall
who was also killed. October 26, 2001
- Charles T. Randall - Wildlife Officer was killed in a
head-on auto collision with wildlife officer Roy R. Burnsed who
was also killed. October 28, 2001
- Delmar H. Teagan -
Lt. Delmar Del Teagan died Friday, April 13, near Lakeland when
his FWC vehicle was struck by another vehicle.
- Michelle Lawless -
47, died Oct. 27, 2007, when her all-terrain vehicle crashed
during a routine patrol in the Rotenberger WMA in Broward County.
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