- Harry Raymond - was washed away in a hurricane in 1919
while trying to reach the boat RELIANCE with Joe Williams in
Aransas Bay to put out more anchors
- Joe Williams - was washed away in a hurricane in 1919
while trying to reach the boat RELIANCE with Harry Raymond in
Aransas Bay to put out more anchors
- Claude R. Murchison - was patrolling for poaching
activities on the King Ranch in 1938, when he was murdered by a
poacher near the site currently known as Murchison Lake. The lake
is near the county line between Kleberg and Jim Wells counties.
The murderer fled into Mexico and was never brought to trial.
- R.M. Wynne - Was killed in a car accident near Amarillo
in 1948
- Gus Engeling - A warden and a biologist, Engeling was
murdered by a duck poacher in Anderson County in 1951 near the
current site of the Wildlife Management Area which bears his name.
The poacher was apprehended, convicted of murder and executed in
the electric chair.
- Claude Keller - Was killed in a plane crash in 1956 while
patrolling the Laguna Madre for illegal netting activities.
- J.D. Murphree - Was murdered by a duck poacher in Jasper
County in 1963. The murderer was apprehended, convicted of
manslaughter and given a prison term.
- Joe Evans - Was killed in a car accident while
patrolling in Young County in 1965.
- Lloyd Gustin - Drowned on Somerville Lake in 1968 when
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat he was riding in capsized
and sank.
- Ronnie Germany - Was murdered by a poacher in San Augustine
County in 1973 while patrolling a remote river bottom area. The
poacher was caught, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to
prison.
- James Daughtrey - Was killed in a head-on collision
with suspected night hunters while patrolling near the Nueces
River in McMullen County in 1978.
- Barry Decker and Bruce Hill - Both officers drowned
while on patrol on Lake Murvaul in Panola County in 1990.
- Michael Charles Pauling
- 47, Texas Game Warden killed while attempting to help woman
in a domestic violence incident on the side of the highway. August 2
2001.
- Wesley Wagstaff - 40, Texas Game Warden was killed in
an auto accident while responding to a call about a possible
poacher. August 5, 2003
- Justin Hurst - 34, Texas Game Warden killed after a
high-speed chase of a suspected poacher ended in a shoot out. Both
Mr. Hurst and the suspected poacher, James Freeman were wounded by
gun fire. March 17, 2007
- Teyran "Ty" Patterson
- 28, Texas Game Warden died in the line of duty during a
search-and-rescue operation on the Paluxy River. Patterson apparently drowned after his boat
capsized in floodwaters on May 30, 2007.
-
George Whatley - Game
Warden, 45, died October 10, 2008, following a training exercise.
Whatley was participating in a physical agility test along with 10
other West Texas wardens when he was stricken.
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