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Federal Prohibition Agent

Clyde L. "Doc" Taylor

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit — Washington, DC

Cardiac Veteran

End of Watch May 11, 1925

Age 49

Tour of Duty 11 mo

The Vigil Panel 49 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 58

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

Department United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdtirspufed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 11, 1925

Tour of Duty 11 mo

Age 49

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Clyde L. "Doc" Taylor served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Federal Prohibition Agent Clyde L. "Doc" Taylor is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 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 1 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

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.

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit

of 59 officers

1.7% Cardiac

DC — Statewide

of 1,419 officers

5% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Clyde L. "Doc" Taylor's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Clyde L. "Doc" Taylor Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

Years of Service

0.9

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 15.6 years

When Cardiac Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Clyde L. "Doc" Taylor is highlighted in May.

Jan

124

Feb

105

Mar

Apr

116

May

115

Jun

Jul

Aug

104

Sep

109

Oct

121

Nov

113

Dec

111

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