James Wendell Parham
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Police Officer

James Wendell Parham

End of Watch September 11, 2001
Age 32
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Officer James Parham was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.

Officer Parham was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department for two years. He had previously served with the Texas Department of Corrections and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He was an instructor at the Port Authority Police Academy.

September 11, 2001

Police Officer James Wendell Parham was killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was 32 years old.

He is one of 71 officers honored here, and one of 37 at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department.

Seventy-two law enforcement officers from eight local, state, and federal agencies were killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001, alongside 343 members of the New York City Fire Department and more than 2,800 civilians. A fourth aircraft went down in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where a law enforcement officer aboard was among the dead.

Officers went into the towers while everyone else was coming out. More than 25,000 people reached safety because they did.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, and brother.

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Tributes

You went in while everyone else was coming out.
Police Officer Parham gave the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jersey City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Parham.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Jersey City, NJ
Platform Identity panynjpd.hudson.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 11, 2001
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 32
Gender Male
Born Brooklyn, New York

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Terrorist attack
Weapon Aircraft; Passenger jet
Laid to Rest Calverton National Cemetery

Military Service

James Wendell Parham served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

View full service record on salute.nw →

The Sacrifice · Felonious

James is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 2001, 158 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 23rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

James was 32. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. James had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
III

When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was aircraft; passenger jet, in 0.5% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department has 60 officers remembered here, James among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer James Wendell Parham

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department · End of Watch September 11, 2001

Military Service

James Wendell Parham served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

Visit James Wendell Parham’s page on salute.nw →

His full service record — units, decorations, where he served — is kept on salute.nw.

Laid to Rest

Cemetery Calverton National Cemetery
Section 66

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 14-W

National September 11 Memorial · Panel 29

Also Remembered

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · National September 11 Memorial — requiem.nw →

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