Daniel Robert Boyle
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Police Officer

Daniel Robert Boyle

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA
Felonious
End of Watch February 6, 1991
Age 21
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Badge 5459
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Daniel Boyle succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained two days earlier after stopping a stolen car. The suspect was found after falling through a skylight into an apartment and setting himself on fire. The man was sentenced to death, but the sentence was vacated in 2015 when he was ordered to serve life without the possibility of parole. Officer Boyle had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for seven months since graduating from the academy. He was survived by his mother, father, stepmother, and two sisters. His father also served as a detective with the Philadelphia Police Department.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother, father, stepmother, and two sisters.

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You barely got started.
Police Officer Boyle gave the Philadelphia Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Boyle.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 6, 1991
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 21
Badge Number 5459
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Daniel is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1991, 85 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 76th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Daniel was 21. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Daniel had served 1 year; 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 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Philadelphia Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Daniel among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Daniel Robert Boyle

Philadelphia Police Department · End of Watch February 6, 1991

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 46-W

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