Edward C. "Rocky" Graziano

Nashua Police Department — Nashua, NH

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 14, 1964

Age 26

Tour of Duty 4 yrs 9 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 4

Incident

Patrolman Rocky Graziano was killed when his police motorcycle was struck by a vehicle on Route 3 at 6 pm. The vehicle that struck him was driving next to his motorcycle and then moved into his lane. He was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Patrolman Graziano was a Massachusetts National Guard veteran who had served with the Nashua Police Department for three years and previously served with the Middlesex County Police Department and the Durham Police Department, where he had been the acting Police Chief for nine months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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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.
Patrolman Graziano gave the Nashua Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Nashua community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Nashua Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Nashua, Hillsborough County, NH

Platform Identity npd.hillsborough.nh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 14, 1964

Tour of Duty 4 yrs 9 mo

Age 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Edward C. "Rocky" Graziano served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Edward C. "Rocky" Graziano is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In NH, 16 of 59 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Nashua Police Department, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

Nashua Police Department

of 5 officers

40% Accident

NH — Statewide

of 59 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Accident