Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau
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Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau

Undetermined
End of Watch April 2, 1974
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident

Cst. Létourneau was driving with Cst. Tremblay in an unmarked police car. Cst. Létourneau pulled out to pass a school bus. The police car was hit by a tow truck coming in the opposite direction. Cst. Létourneau was married to Marie. He is buried in the Cemetery of Saint Georges Ouest in Beuce, Quebec. Constable Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau Constable Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau Inscription on grave marker Constable Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau

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

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

Agency

Type Federal Police
Location Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 2, 1974
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Joseph 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 1974, 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

Joseph was 23. 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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April holds 8.1% of these deaths in Canada; June holds the most, 11%. Tuesdays: 14.6%.

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

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

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Constable Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch April 2, 1974

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