Detective Marshall N. White

Detective Marshall N. White

End of Watch: 

October 18, 1963

Age: 54
Ogden Police Department
Homicide: Rifle


Detective Marshall N. White was mortally wounded by a teenage escapee from the State Industrial School. 

On the afternoon of October 15, Detective White and two other officers were investigating a report of a residential burglary. Inside the home, they encountered the suspect armed with a .32-caliber carbine. When Detective White called for the suspect’s surrender, he was shot in the abdomen. After a brief standoff, the suspect surrendered. Detective White died three days later. The suspect was charged as an adult. Pleading guilty to first-degree murder, he was sentenced to life in prison. Paroled in 1976, he was shot by a Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputy during an armed robbery the following year. Permanently paralyzed, he died eight years later in a convalescent home. Detective White was married and the father of seven children. He is buried in Ogden City Cemetery. 

The bronze memorial name plaque of Detective Marshall N. White is sponsored by the Ogden Police Benevolent Association.

Fallen Officers