David Lee Braunholz
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Deputy Sheriff

David Lee Braunholz

Veteran → Accident
End of Watch April 9, 1990
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff David Braunholz was killed in a vehicle crash in the 4200 block of Ransom Road, southeast of Richmond, while responding to a suspicious vehicle call.

Survivors

Deputy Braunholz was survived by his wife, son, parents, grandmother, sister, and two brothers.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Braunholz served with the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Richmond community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Braunholz.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX
Platform Identity fbcso.fortbend.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 9, 1990
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

David Lee Braunholz served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1984–1986) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

David 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 1990, 66 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 64th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

David 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.

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

April holds 7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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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

Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office has 10 officers remembered here, David among them.

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Where

Deputy Sheriff David Lee Braunholz

Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch April 9, 1990

Military Service

David Lee Braunholz served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1984–1986) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 49-W

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