John Thomas Lawler
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Policeman

John Thomas Lawler

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch July 9, 1973
Age 40
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Badge 10502
Gender Male

Incident

Policeman John Lawler was killed in a motorcycle crash on a local freeway. Policeman Lawler was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 13 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, five children, and two stepchildren.

In Our Keeping

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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.
Policeman Lawler 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 July 9, 1973
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Age 40
Badge Number 10502
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

John Thomas Lawler served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

John 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 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

John 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. John had served 13 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

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.4%.

By month
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
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Policeman John Thomas Lawler

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch July 9, 1973

Military Service

John Thomas Lawler served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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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 29-E

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