Gilbert N. Reyes
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Policeman

Gilbert N. Reyes

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch May 4, 1959
Age 32
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Badge 5785
Gender Male

Incident

Policeman Gilbert Reyes was killed when his police motorcycle was struck by a car during a chain reaction accident on Sepulveda Boulevard, just north of Sunset Boulevard. A fully loaded gravel truck struck the car after its brakes failed. The car was pushed into Policeman Reyes and his motorcycle, throwing them 30-feet. Policeman Reyes was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of WWII and the Korean War.

Survivors

He had served with the LAPD for 11 years and was survived by his wife, son, daughter, parents, and three siblings.

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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 Reyes gave the Los Angeles Police Department 11 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 May 4, 1959
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Age 32
Badge Number 5785
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Gilbert N. Reyes served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Gilbert 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 1959, 58 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 77th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Gilbert was 32. 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. Gilbert had served 11 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

May holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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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, Gilbert among them.

Across the years
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Where

Policeman Gilbert N. Reyes

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch May 4, 1959

Military Service

Gilbert N. Reyes 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 18-W

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