Floyd Taylor DeLoach Jr.
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Police Officer

Floyd Taylor DeLoach Jr.

Houston Police Department — Houston, TX
Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch June 30, 1965
Age 28
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Badge 1690
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Floyd DeLoach was shot and killed while working a uniformed security assignment at a local bowling alley at 650 West Crosstimbers Street. He was questioning a man wanted on armed robbery charges when the man shot him six times. Officer DeLoach was transported to Heights Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds. The suspect's identification was found at the scene of the murder. The 22-year-old man was convicted of murder with malice and sentenced to life. He was paroled in July 1983 Officer DeLoach was a U.S Army veteran and had served with the Houston Police Department for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two children, parents, and sister.

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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.
Police Officer DeLoach gave the Houston Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston 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 Houston, Harris County, TX
Platform Identity hpd.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 30, 1965
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 28
Badge Number 1690
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

Military Service

Floyd Taylor DeLoach Jr. served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Floyd 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 1965, 78 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 89th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Floyd was 28. 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. Floyd had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

Houston Police Department has 117 officers remembered here, Floyd among them.

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Where

Police Officer Floyd Taylor DeLoach Jr.

Houston Police Department · End of Watch June 30, 1965

Military Service

Floyd Taylor DeLoach Jr. served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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