Benjamin Pope Myrick Jr.

Norfolk Police Department — Norfolk, VA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch February 13, 1960

Age 44

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

The Vigil Panel 95 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 38

Incident

Officer Benjamin Myrick succumbed to injuries sustained one week earlier when his police motorcycle was struck by a car at the intersection of St. Julian Street and Tidewater Drive. Officer Myrick was a U.S. Army veteran and served with the Norfolk Police Department.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: August 2, 2026
Last updated: August 2, 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.
Officer Myrick gave the Norfolk Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Norfolk 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 Norfolk Police Department

Type Other

Location Norfolk, VA

Platform Identity npd.norfolk.va.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 13, 1960

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Age 44

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Benjamin Pope Myrick Jr. served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Benjamin Pope Myrick Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In VA, 204 of 655 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Norfolk Police Department, 17 of 39 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.6% of this agency's fallen.

Norfolk Police Department

of 39 officers

43.6% Accident

VA — Statewide

204

of 655 officers

31.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident