Kasimer Zinga Sr.
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Patrolman

Kasimer Zinga Sr.

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch February 21, 1973
Age 26
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Kasimer Zinga was killed in an automobile accident while on duty. Patrolman Zinga had served with the New Orleans Police Department for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, son, and three sisters.

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Tributes

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.
Patrolman Zinga gave the New Orleans Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Platform Identity nopd.orleans.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 21, 1973
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Kasimer Zinga Sr. served in the U.S. Army (1965–1967) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Kasimer 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 1973, 90 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 13th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kasimer was 26. 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. Kasimer 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

February holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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How

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

Every cause
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His people

New Orleans Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Kasimer among them.

Across the years

Patrolman Kasimer Zinga Sr.

New Orleans Police Department · End of Watch February 21, 1973

Military Service

Kasimer Zinga Sr. served in the U.S. Army (1965–1967) before joining law enforcement.

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