Glen E. Clark
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Police Officer

Glen E. Clark

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Felonious
End of Watch May 11, 1930
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Badge 2090
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Clark succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained two days earlier when two men approached his patrol car at the intersection of Hawthorne and Woodland at 2:30 a.m. and opened fire, striking him several times. He was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital where he died of his wounds two weeks later. One of the suspects was shot and killed and the other escaped. No motive for the attack was ever determined. Officer Clark had served with the Detroit Police Department for 4 years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Clark gave the Detroit Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Clark.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 11, 1930
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Badge Number 2090
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Glen is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1930, 239 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 2nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Glen had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Glen among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Glen E. Clark

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch May 11, 1930

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 12-W

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