Charles E. Johnson
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Lieutenant

Charles E. Johnson

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch November 13, 1917
Age 40
Tour of Duty 13 yrs 10 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Charles Johnson succumbed to injuries he received in a fall at the police station at 318 W. 1st Street in Los Angeles. While boxing in the assembly room around 7:00 a.m., he slipped on a spot of wet flooring, hitting his head on the concrete. He was transported to the California Hospital, where he passed away later that night. Lieutenant Johnson was a United States Army Spanish-American War veteran and had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 13 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.
Lieutenant Johnson gave the Los Angeles Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 13, 1917
Tour of Duty 13 yrs 10 mo
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Charles E. Johnson served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Charles 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 1917, 41 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 107th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Charles was 40. 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. Charles had served 13.8 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

November holds 8.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Los Angeles Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Charles among them.

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Where

Lieutenant Charles E. Johnson

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch November 13, 1917

Military Service

Charles E. Johnson served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 10-W

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