November marks 11 years since Uintah County Sheriff’s Detective Kevin Orr lost his life while on duty during a search and rescue mission. Detective Orr was organizing a search and rescue effort from the sky on November 22nd, 2006, when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed into the Green River and his life was lost. Last year during a special ceremony remembering his passing, Uintah County Sheriff Vance Norton retired Detective Orr’s call number Sierra 7 and his badge number 223. “Kevin’s name will remain on [the Sheriff’s Office] roster so we never forget him for the sacrifice he made to help others and to always show respect to the Orr family,” shared Sheriff Norton during that ceremony in 2016. Orr passed away when he was just 34 years old. He is remembered as a man devoted to his wife and four young children.
