Daniel J. Bryer
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Senior Officer Specialist

Daniel J. Bryer

End of Watch March 29, 1991
Age 30
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Gender Male

Incident

Senior Officer Specialist Daniel Bryer died after falling from the back of a truck during a training exercise for the Special Operations Response Team at FCI Otisville in Otisville, New York. Officer Bryer was a Pennsylvania Army National Guard veteran.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, parents, brother, and sister.

In Our Keeping

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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.
Senior Officer Specialist Bryer served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdjfbpfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 29, 1991
Age 30
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Daniel J. Bryer served in the U.S. Army (1979–1979) before joining law enforcement.

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Senior Officer Specialist Daniel J. Bryer 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 DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 32 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons, 4 of 34 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 11.8% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons
4
of 34 officers
11.8% Accident
DC — Statewide
454
of 1,419 officers
32% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,759 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Daniel J. Bryer's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Daniel J. Bryer Compares

Age at Death
30
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Daniel J. Bryer is highlighted in Mar.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location

Military Service

Daniel J. Bryer served in the U.S. Army (1979–1979) before joining law enforcement.

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