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Anthony Joseph Atwell
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Private First Class

Anthony Joseph Atwell

United States Army Military Police Corps — Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Veteran → Accident
United States flag Missouri flag
End of Watch October 6, 1981
Age 19
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Military Also Remembered Department 64

Incident

Private First Class Anthony Atwell was killed and his passenger injured when their Army military police jeep crashed on Saddle Road, approximately 14 miles from Hilo.

Both service members were on duty during a training exercise when the driver lost control due to a period of heavy rain, which caused misty visibility of the roadway. Their unit was temporarily assigned to the Pahkuloa Training Area on the island of Hawaii for a several-week field exercise. PFC Atwell was transported to the Hilo Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

PFC Atwell was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and was attached to the Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu. PFC Atwell is buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery. He was killed a day shy of his 20th birthday.

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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.
Private First Class Atwell served with the United States Army Military Police Corps.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department United States Army Military Police Corps
Type Federal Agency
Location Fort Leonard Wood, Pulaski County, MO
Platform Identity usampcmp.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 6, 1981
Age 19
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Anthony Joseph Atwell served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Anthony 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 1981, 63 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 68th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Anthony was 19. 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.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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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

United States Army Military Police Corps has 65 officers remembered here, Anthony among them.

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Where

Private First Class Anthony Joseph Atwell

United States Army Military Police Corps · End of Watch October 6, 1981

Military Service

Anthony Joseph Atwell served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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