Robert Allen Corter
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Officer

Robert Allen Corter

Honolulu Police Department — Honolulu, HI
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch October 4, 1975
Age 29
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Robert Corter was killed in an automobile crash while pursuing a person wanted on a warrant at 8:40 a.m. His vehicle struck a wall separating the Pali Tunnels on Pali Highway after skidding on the rain-slick road. He was transported to Queen's Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries an hour later. Officer Corter was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the Honolulu Police Department for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, father, mother, stepfather, and two stepsisters.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer Corter gave the Honolulu Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Honolulu community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
Platform Identity hpd.honolulu.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 4, 1975
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 29
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Weapon Automobile

Military Service

Robert Allen Corter served in the U.S. Air Force (1968–1971) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Robert is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1975, 67 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 59th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Robert was 29. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Robert had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 6.9% of these deaths.

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His people

Honolulu Police Department has 52 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

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Where

Officer Robert Allen Corter

Honolulu Police Department · End of Watch October 4, 1975

Military Service

Robert Allen Corter served in the U.S. Air Force (1968–1971) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 31-W

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