Edward Charles Gilpin
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Edward Charles Gilpin

End of Watch September 7, 2006
Age 61
Tour of Duty 32 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Captain Edward Gilpin died of illnesses he contracted after inhaling toxic chemicals and materials while working hundreds of hours at Ground Zero, the site of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Captain Gilpin had served with the New York City Police Department for 32 years and is survived by his wife and son. He was assigned to Patrol Borough Manhattan South.

Captain Gilpin had served with the New York City Police Department for 32 years and is survived by his wife and son. He was assigned to Patrol Borough Manhattan South.

September 11, 2001 - The Years After

Captain Edward Charles Gilpin was assigned to the search and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. He was 57 years old that fall.

He died on September 7, 2006 - 4 years and 11 months later - of an illness contracted there. He was 61.

He is one of 600 officers honored here, and one of 451 at New York City Police Department.

The most recent of these deaths was October 24, 2025.

Officers who worked the search, rescue, and recovery at the World Trade Center site breathed contaminated air for weeks and months afterward. Many developed cancers and respiratory disease, and they have gone on dying of it ever since.

Seventy-two officers were killed on the morning itself. Hundreds more have died in the years that followed. They are honored here together, because the same attack killed them all. With some it simply took longer.

Survivors

Captain Gilpin had served with the New York City Police Department for 32 years and is survived by his wife and son.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Captain Gilpin gave the New York City Police Department 32 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Gilpin.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 7, 2006
Tour of Duty 32 yrs
Age 61
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail 9/11 related illness
Weapon Aircraft; Passenger jet

The Sacrifice · Illness

Edward is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% 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 2006, 9 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 24th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Edward was 61. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Edward had served 32 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
III

When

September holds 11.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Thursdays: 15.7%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause. The weapon recorded was aircraft; passenger jet, in 29.5% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
V

His people

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Edward among them.

Across the years
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Where

Captain Edward Charles Gilpin

New York City Police Department · End of Watch September 7, 2006

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 15-E

Also Remembered

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial — requiem.nw →

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