Gerald W. Sibert
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Special Officer

Gerald W. Sibert

Accident
End of Watch October 5, 1922
Age 23
Tour of Duty 3 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Special Officer Gerald Sibert was struck and killed by a switch engine in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards near Anthony Boulevard in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

He was patrolling the yards with another officer when he stepped off one set of tracks to avoid an oncoming train. When he did so, he inadvertently stepped into the patch of a switch engine that was backing up on adjacent tracks.

Officer Sibert had served with the Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department for three months.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents and four siblings.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Officer Sibert served with the Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphpia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Officer Sibert.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Philadelphpia, PA
Platform Identity pennpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 5, 1922
Tour of Duty 3 mo
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Gerald 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 1922, 82 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 23rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Gerald was 23. 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. Gerald had served 0.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department has 36 officers remembered here, Gerald among them.

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Where

Special Officer Gerald W. Sibert

Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department · End of Watch October 5, 1922

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