Ralph Wendell Hoyt
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Ralph Wendell Hoyt

Dallas Police Department — Dallas, TX
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch February 20, 1937
Age 24
Tour of Duty 9 mo
Badge 31
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Ralph Hoyt succumbed to injuries received the previous day when his motorcycle struck a roadway depression, and he was thrown off. Officer Hoyt and his partner were returning from a vehicle pursuit when the crash occurred near the intersection of Lemmon Avenue and Oak Lawn Avenue. Patrolman Hoyt was a newly appointed cadet at the United States Army Air Corps who had served with the Dallas Police Department for nine months.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents, sister, and two brothers.

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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.
Officer Hoyt served with the Dallas Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas 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 Dallas, Collin County, TX
Platform Identity dpd.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 20, 1937
Tour of Duty 9 mo
Age 24
Badge Number 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Ralph Wendell Hoyt served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Ralph 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 1937, 95 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 10th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Ralph was 24. 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. Ralph had served 0.7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

February holds 7.2% 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.

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His people

Dallas Police Department has 95 officers remembered here, Ralph among them.

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Where

Officer Ralph Wendell Hoyt

Dallas Police Department · End of Watch February 20, 1937

Military Service

Ralph Wendell Hoyt served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

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