When the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial was being designed, the NLEOMF asked law enforcement agencies to send lists of their fallen officers. When Marshall Moad’s name arrived, it was spelled incorrectly as “Mode,” instead of “Moad,” based on records that were available at the time. And, regrettably, that it how his name was engraved.
In 2008, Shane Moad, a descendant of Marshal Moad, realized the mistake and contacted Bobby Holguin of the El Paso Municipal Police Association and Ron De Lord of the Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas to see if he could help get the name corrected on the El Paso and Texas law enforcement memorials. Mr. Holguin, in turn, forwarded the information to the NLEOMF Research Department, which began looking into the matter. With the help of Shane Moad, NLEOMF researchers were able to obtain copies of Thomas Moad’s service records, which correctly stated his name and title.
On Saturday, April 25, 2009, the name of Thomas Moad—spelled M-O-A-D—was permanently inscribed in the wall of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC. The new location of his name is Panel 26-East, Line 26. We are proud to correct this typographical error of history and to properly identify and honor Thomas Moad.
I am honored to see my ancestor Tom Moad's name being re-en-stated on the NLEOM having been corrected to the right spelling of Moad. I thank all those kind people who helped me see this come to be. Having been born and bred in Australia I thought it would be an uphill battle to get this sorted out from this distance, I could not have been more wrong. All those that were asked for help could not have done more to get this corrected and I thank you all again from the bottom of my heart..........or as we say down here, Thanks mate!!
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