David Hiram Bowser, Jr.

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections — Mechanicsburg, PA

Accident

End of Watch November 13, 2002

Age 32

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Gender Male

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Incident

Corrections Officer David Bowser was struck and killed by a vehicle while on a group training run with other members of the Emergency Response Team at the State Correctional Institution Greene at approximately 10:00 pm.

Officer Bowser was on the the left side of the joggers calling cadence when another prison employee accidentally struck him with her car. Officer Bowser was transported to Greene County Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A Hero now in Heaven, Always remembered and Never forgotten.

Kim Weigand - PA C.O.P.S. Mom of Sgt. Mike Weigand E.O.W. 9/14/2008 November 13th, 2014

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corrections Officer Bowser served with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Bowser.

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

Agency

Department Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Location Mechanicsburg, PA

Platform Identity pdcorr.cumberland.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 13, 2002

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Corrections Officer David Hiram Bowser, Jr. is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, 2 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

of 18 officers

11.1% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident