Policeman

Hilarino Silva-Rosario

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch November 9, 1984
Age 36
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Gender Male

Incident

Policeman Hilarino Silva-Rosario was shot and killed when he entered a cafe that was being robbed.

As he was in plainclothes, the robbers tried to rob him, discovered he was a policeman and shot him.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Policeman Silva-Rosario served with the Puerto Rico Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Silva-Rosario.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location San Juan, 127
Platform Identity prpd.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 9, 1984
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Hilarino is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1984, 91 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 62nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Hilarino was 36. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

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

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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

Puerto Rico Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Hilarino among them.

Across the years

Policeman Hilarino Silva-Rosario

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch November 9, 1984

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 17-E

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