LeRoy Joseph Wadsworth
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Policeman

LeRoy Joseph Wadsworth

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch November 30, 1961
Age 38
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Badge 5976
Gender Male

Incident

Policeman LeRoy Wadsworth was killed in a motorcycle accident while on duty. His motorcycle struck the back of a vehicle that had made a sudden stop in the roadway.

Policeman Wadsworth was a U.S Marine Corps veteran of WWII and had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 14 years.

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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 Wadsworth gave the Los Angeles Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Thank you 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 30, 1961
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Age 38
Badge Number 5976
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

LeRoy Joseph Wadsworth served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

LeRoy 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 1961, 67 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 59th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

LeRoy was 38. 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. LeRoy had served 14 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%. Thursdays: 14%.

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, LeRoy among them.

Across the years
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Where

Policeman LeRoy Joseph Wadsworth

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch November 30, 1961

Military Service

LeRoy Joseph Wadsworth served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 49-E

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