Milton Earl Whatley
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Officer

Milton Earl Whatley

Dallas Police Department — Dallas, TX
Veteran → Cardiac
End of Watch October 7, 1973
Age 26
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Badge 3143
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Milton Whatley suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a burglar alarm in the 4300 block of Holland Avenue. He had run up a long flight of stairs to the location of the alarm, which turned out to be a false. As he returned to his cruiser he suffered the heart attack. His partner requested an ambulance and was rushed to transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital where he died shortly after arrival. Officer Whatley was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam war and had served with the Dallas Police Department for two 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.
Officer Whatley gave the Dallas Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas 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 Dallas, Collin County, TX
Platform Identity dpd.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 7, 1973
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 26
Badge Number 3143
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Milton Earl Whatley served in the U.S. Navy (1964–1967) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Milton is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% 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, 16 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 24th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

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Who

Milton was 26. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Milton had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

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When

October holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Sundays: 13.9%.

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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.

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His people

Dallas Police Department has 95 officers remembered here, Milton among them.

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Officer Milton Earl Whatley

Dallas Police Department · End of Watch October 7, 1973

Military Service

Milton Earl Whatley served in the U.S. Navy (1964–1967) before joining law enforcement.

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