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Ellsworth Alexander Moore

Fredericksburg Police Department — Fredericksburg, VA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch May 31, 1925

Age 27

Tour of Duty 9 mo

The Vigil Panel 49 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 4

Incident

Officer Ellsworth Moore was killed in a motorcycle crash while attempting to stop a speeding vehicle on the Richmond-Washington Highway (Now Lafayette Boulevard) just south of the city limits.

As he attempted to pass the speeding car to wave it over, he collided with an oncoming car, causing him to suffer severe injuries. He was transported to Mary Washington Hospital where he succumbed to the injuries.

Officer Moore was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of WWI. He had served with the Fredericksburg Police Department for nine months. He was survived by his wife and three children. Officer Moore is buried in Fredericksburg National Cemetery.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Officer Moore served with the Fredericksburg Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Fredericksburg community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Fredericksburg Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Fredericksburg, VA

Platform Identity fpd.fredericksburg.va.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 31, 1925

Tour of Duty 9 mo

Age 27

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Ellsworth Alexander Moore served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Ellsworth Alexander Moore 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 VA, 204 of 655 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Fredericksburg Police Department, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 20% of this agency's fallen.

Fredericksburg Police Department

of 5 officers

20% Accident

VA — Statewide

204

of 655 officers

31.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Accident