Albert Gustave Eckart

Cambridge Police Department — Cambridge, MA

Accident Veteran

End of Watch November 3, 1951

Age 38

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Patrolman Albert Eckart was killed after being thrown from the back of an ambulance at the intersection of Prospect Street and Harvard Street. He was escorting a patient to the hospital during a snowstorm when the collision occurred. Patrolman Eckart had been in law enforcement for nine years. He served as a Military Policeman in the U.S. Army during WWII, then returned to duty at the Cambridge Police Department.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, parents, and several brothers.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Eckart gave the Cambridge Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cambridge community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Cambridge Police Department

Location Cambridge, MA

Platform Identity cambpd.middlesex.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 3, 1951

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Albert Gustave Eckart served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Albert Gustave Eckart is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Cambridge Police Department, 4 of 12 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Cambridge Police Department

of 12 officers

33.3% Accident

MA — Statewide

158

of 469 officers

33.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident