Roll of Honor
Clyde L. Taylor
Incident
Federal Prohibition Agent Doc Taylor suffered a fatal heart attack following a shootout in Leadville, Colorado. He was attempting to arrest a man for making moonshine at the time of the incident. Agent Taylor was a United States Army Spanish American and World War I veteran and served with the Prohibition Unit for 11 months.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two brothers.
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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.
Federal Prohibition Agent Taylor served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Clyde L. Taylor served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.
Federal Prohibition Agent Clyde L. Taylor is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit, 1 of 59 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 1.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Clyde L. Taylor's cause is highlighted.
How Clyde L. Taylor Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Clyde L. Taylor is highlighted in May.
Military Service
Clyde L. Taylor served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.
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