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Jurgen Siegfried Seewald
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Constable

Jurgen Siegfried Seewald

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Ottawa, ON
Undetermined
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End of Watch March 5, 2001
Age 47
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Gender Male
Division G, H, V & UN Service (Yugoslavia)
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 317

Incident

Son of Helmuth and Alice Seewald, Cst. Seewald was born in Germany and he came to Canada with his family when he was 3 years old. Cst. Seewald served in the Northwest Territories, in Nova Scotia and in Nunavut. He was known to family and friends as Ziggy and was known as a “gentle giant”. Cst. Seewald was a good swimmer and was a master scuba diver. He played basketball, racquetball, and was a hockey goalie. He also was a handyman at home and loved working in the garden with his wife. Cst. Seewald volunteered to serve as an RCMP Peacekeeper in Yugoslavia and was awarded the UN and Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medals. Further, he received a Commanding Officers Commendation for arresting a distraught armed man. He was married to Tanis and they had two children: Aaron and Carla. Constable Jurgen Siegfried Seewald Inscription on Grave marker Constable Jurgen Siegfried Seewald

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Siegfried Seewald served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Siegfried Seewald.

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

Agency

Department Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Type Federal Police
Location Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 5, 2001
Age 47
Gender Male
Division G, H, V & UN Service (Yugoslavia)
Born September 22, 1953

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Jurgen is one of 308 officers lost to causes not yet determined in Canada, 77.2% of the 399 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2001, 5 officers in Canada were lost to causes not yet determined, the 13th heaviest of 109 years on record. The heaviest was 1958, with 10.

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Who

Jurgen was 47. Of the 284 lost to causes not yet determined in Canada whose age is recorded, half were between 26 and 41; the middle age was 32.

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When

March holds 6.5% of these deaths in Canada; June holds the most, 11%. Mondays: 13.3%.

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How

Undetermined deaths account for 77.2% of all 399 deaths in Canada, the most common cause.

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His people

Royal Canadian Mounted Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, Jurgen among them.

Across the years

Constable Jurgen Siegfried Seewald

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch March 5, 2001

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