Roll of Honor
Clinton Davis Sr.
Incident
Officer Clinton Davis was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.
Officer Davis, who also served with the U.S. Air Force at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Texas, had served with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department for 14 years.
September 11, 2001
Police Officer Clinton Davis Sr. was killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was 39 years old.
He is one of 72 officers honored here, and one of 37 at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department.
Seventy-two law enforcement officers from eight local, state, and federal agencies were killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001, alongside 343 members of the New York City Fire Department and more than 2,800 civilians. A fourth aircraft went down in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where a law enforcement officer aboard was among the dead.
Officers went into the towers while everyone else was coming out. More than 25,000 people reached safety because they did.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.
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Tributes
You went in while everyone else was coming out.
Police Officer Davis gave the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jersey City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Davis.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Clinton Davis Sr. served in the U.S. Air Force (1981â1985) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Clinton Davis Sr. is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In NJ, 229 of 646 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 35.4% of this state's fallen. That is 35.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, 6 of 60 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 10% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Clinton Davis Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Clinton Davis Sr. Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Clinton Davis Sr. is highlighted in Sep.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Clinton Davis Sr. was killed by aircraft; passenger jet.
Incident Location
Military Service
Clinton Davis Sr. served in the U.S. Air Force (1981–1985) before joining law enforcement.
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