Roll of Honor
August Adolph "Gus" Gennerich
Incident
Operative Gus Gennerich suffered a fatal heart attack while on a presidential security detail to Buenos Aires, Argentina. He had completed his day's protective assignment, which involved guarding President Franklin D. Roosevelt interacting with large crowds, and was eating dinner with other operatives when he collapsed and died. Operative Gennerich had served with the Secret Service as President Roosevelt's personal bodyguard for three years. Prior to that, he had served as President Roosevelt's bodyguard as a member of the New York City Police Department when President Roosevelt was governor of New York state. Operative Gennerich had served with the New York City Police Department for 25 years before joining the Secret Service.
Survivors
He was survived by his nephew.
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Tributes
28 years. You could have gone home.
Operative Gennerich gave the United States Department of the Treasury 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Operative Gennerich.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Operative August Adolph "Gus" Gennerich is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In DC, 71 of 1,419 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Department of the Treasury - United States Secret Service, 6 of 26 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 23.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. August Adolph "Gus" Gennerich's cause is highlighted.
How August Adolph "Gus" Gennerich Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. August Adolph "Gus" Gennerich is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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