Patrick Fenton
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Patrolman

Patrick Fenton

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Felonious
End of Watch February 27, 1898
Age 36
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Badge 1169
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Patrick Fenton and his partner responded to a disturbance created by a distressed man. The subject was armed with a revolver and threatened to kill his landlady as well as members of his family. Officer Fenton entered the man’s apartment. The assailant fired several times mortally wounding Officer Fenton.

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128 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Fenton gave the Chicago Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chicago, Cook County, IL
Platform Identity cpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 27, 1898
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Age 36
Badge Number 1169
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Patrick is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1898, 89 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 69th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Patrick was 36. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Patrick had served 11 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Chicago Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Patrick among them.

Across the years

Patrolman Patrick Fenton

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch February 27, 1898

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 16-W

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