Roll of Honor
Louis Vandever
Incident
Chief of Police Louis Vandever was killed when his motorcycle was struck head-on as he pursued a vehicle that had just fled after striking a young girl and critically injuring her.
Chief Vandever was attempting to catch the subject on the Frederickstown-Brownsville Road. As he passed a vehicle he collided with an oncoming car head-on.
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- September 9, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Vandever gave the East Bethlehem Township Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fredericktown community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Vandever.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Louis Vandever is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,787 officers honored here.
In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 33.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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How Louis Vandever Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Louis Vandever is highlighted in Aug.
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