Frank C. Irvin
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Police Officer

Frank C. Irvin

Newark Police Division — Newark, NJ
Accident
End of Watch March 29, 1973
Age 29
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Badge 1575
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Frank Irvin was killed in a motorcycle crash while on patrol on Irvington Avenue in the Vailsburg area. Officer Irvin was traveling west on Irvington Avenue when he was struck. He was transported to Hospital Center in Orange, where he succumbed to his injuries later that night. Officer Irvin had served with the Newark Police Division for seven years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, daughter, and grandmother.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Irvin gave the Newark Police Division 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Newark community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Irvin.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Newark, Essex County, NJ
Platform Identity npd.essex.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 29, 1973
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 29
Badge Number 1575
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Frank is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1973, 90 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 13th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Frank was 29. 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. Frank had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Thursdays: 14%.

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By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Newark Police Division has 58 officers remembered here, Frank among them.

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Where

Police Officer Frank C. Irvin

Newark Police Division · End of Watch March 29, 1973

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 26-W

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