Benjamin N. Kealoha, Jr.

Honolulu Police Department — Honolulu, HI

Accident Veteran

End of Watch November 27, 1971

Age 31

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 50

Incident

Officer Benjamin Kealoha was killed in a motorcycle crash while returning home on the H-1 Highway near Pensacola Street. As Officer Kealoah was driving on the rain-slicked highway, the car in front of him spun around and stopped. He attempted to lay his motorcycle down to avoid the crash. Officer Kealoha was taken to the hospital but died in surgery as a result of his injuries. Officer Kealoaha was a United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He had served with the Honolulu Police Department for 2 years.

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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.
Officer Kealoha gave the Honolulu Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Honolulu 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 Honolulu Police Department

Location Honolulu, HI

Platform Identity hpd.honolulu.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 27, 1971

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Benjamin N. Kealoha, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Officer Benjamin N. Kealoha, Jr. 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 HI, 28 of 64 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.8% of this state's fallen. That is 12.8 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Honolulu Police Department, 28 of 51 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 54.9% of this agency's fallen.

Honolulu Police Department

of 51 officers

54.9% Accident

HI — Statewide

of 64 officers

43.8% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident