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Jim Matkin Louisiana Wildlife Enforcement Agent Killed In The Line Of Duty

March 3, 2005

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Enforcement Division join the family and friends of Senior Agent Jim Matkin in mourning his passing.

 


Sr. Agent Matkin, 30, was a native of Pineville who joined the agency in November of 1999. He was assigned to the LDWF Enforcement Division Statewide Strike Force and lived in Monterey.

Sr. Agent Matkin was patrolling Highway 565 near Wildsville on the morning of March 2. His vehicle left the roadway sometime between 4 a.m. and 4:45 a.m. and struck a tree. Matkin was killed instantly. A passerby discovered the accident shortly before 5 a.m. and reported it to the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office.

Matkin is survived by his parents, Mr. James B. and Mrs. Rosella W. Matkin of Pineville, his sisters Bridget Clark and Mickey White, and his stepson Taylor James Perron, age 7.

Visitation is scheduled from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. March 4, and funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. March 5, at Forest Lawn Memorial Funeral Home in Pineville.

 

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