Vincent Gabriel Danz
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Police Officer

Vincent Gabriel Danz

End of Watch September 11, 2001
Age 38
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Badge 2166
Gender Male

Incident

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

Officer Danz was a United States Marine Corps and Coast Guard Reserve veteran who had served with the New York City Police Department for 14 years and was assigned to ESU Truck 3.

September 11, 2001

Police Officer Vincent Gabriel Danz was killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was 38 years old.

He is one of 71 officers honored here, and one of 23 at New York City 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, two daughters, and a son.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

You went in while everyone else was coming out.
Police Officer Danz gave the New York City Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Danz.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 11, 2001
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Age 38
Badge Number 2166
Gender Male
Born Queens, New York

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Aircraft; Passenger jet

Military Service

Vincent Gabriel Danz served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1984–1984) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Vincent 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
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Who

Vincent was 38. 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. Vincent had served 14 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Vincent among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Vincent Gabriel Danz

New York City Police Department · End of Watch September 11, 2001

Military Service

Vincent Gabriel Danz served in the U.S. Coast Guard (1984–1984) before joining law enforcement.

Visit Vincent Gabriel Danz’s page on salute.nw →

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

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 19-W

National September 11 Memorial · Panel 24

Also Remembered

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