John Anthony Andrulewicz
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Trooper

John Anthony Andrulewicz

Pennsylvania State Police — Harrisburg, PA
Accident
End of Watch May 9, 1988
Age 44
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Trooper John Andrulewicz was killed in an automobile accident while returning home in his patrol vehicle from an overnight shift while assigned to the Region IV Strike Force. The vehicle flipped over into a ditch and the roof collapsed, fatally injuring him. Trooper Andrulewicz served with the Pennsylvania State Police for 24 years.

Survivors

Survivors include his wife.

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24 years. You could have gone home.
Trooper Andrulewicz gave the Pennsylvania State Police 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Andrulewicz.

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

Agency

Type State Police
Location Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA
Platform Identity pasp.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 9, 1988
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
Age 44
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

John is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1988, 80 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 27th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

John was 44. 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. John had served 24 years; 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

May holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Pennsylvania State Police has 87 officers remembered here, John among them.

Across the years
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Where

Trooper John Anthony Andrulewicz

Pennsylvania State Police · End of Watch May 9, 1988

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 61-W

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