Dennis Joseph Vickery
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Detective

Dennis Joseph Vickery

End of Watch October 13, 2016
Age 71
Tour of Duty 30 yrs
Badge 388
Gender Male

Incident

Detective Dennis Vickery died as the result of cancer that he developed following his assignment to the search and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.

Detective Vickery was a U.S. Army veteran. He had served with the NYPD for 30 years and was assigned to the Internal Affairs Bureau.

September 11, 2001 - The Years After

Detective Dennis Joseph Vickery was assigned to the search and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. He was 56 years old that fall.

He died on October 13, 2016 - 15 years and 1 month later - of an illness contracted there. He was 71.

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

He is survived by his wife, two children, and seven grandchildren.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Detective Vickery gave the New York City Police Department 30 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Vickery.

— 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 October 13, 2016
Tour of Duty 30 yrs
Age 71
Badge Number 388
Gender Male
Assignment Internal Affairs Bureau

Incident Details

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

Military Service

Dennis Joseph Vickery served in the U.S. Army (1966–1968) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Illness

Dennis 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 2016, 31 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 12th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Dennis was 71. 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. Dennis had served 30 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

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

October holds 14.9% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. 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
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Detective Dennis Joseph Vickery

New York City Police Department · End of Watch October 13, 2016

Military Service

Dennis Joseph Vickery served in the U.S. Army (1966–1968) before joining law enforcement.

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