Joseph John Franceschino
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Police Officer

Joseph John Franceschino

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA
Veteran → Cardiac
End of Watch October 26, 1959
Age 39
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Badge 2546
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Joseph Franceschino, a member of the Highway Patrol, died of a heart attack when he fell down a flight of stairs while looking for a burglar in a house on 18th Street near Sansom. Officer Franceschino was an eight-year veteran of the force. Officer Franceschino was a U.S Army veteran of WWII and had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for eight years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

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 Franceschino gave the Philadelphia Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 26, 1959
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 39
Badge Number 2546
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Joseph John Franceschino served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Joseph is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% 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 1959, 10 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 61st heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joseph was 39. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Joseph had served 8 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

Age at death
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When

October holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Mondays: 12.9%.

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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.

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His people

Philadelphia Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

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Where

Police Officer Joseph John Franceschino

Philadelphia Police Department · End of Watch October 26, 1959

Military Service

Joseph John Franceschino served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 25-W

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