George Froeschl

Galveston Police Department — Galveston, TX

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch April 9, 1952

Age 26

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 18

Incident

Patrolman Froeschl died from exposure to the cold while attempting to save a drowning woman. He had just finished his shift and was being driven by another officer in a patrol car when they heard a call about a woman drowning near 25th and Seawall. When they responded to the scene they encountered a crowd of 500 people, none of whom were helping rescue the woman. Patrolman Froeschl entered the cold water and rescued the woman. He was transported to a local hospital for exposure and shock and subsequently contracted pneumonia and died. Patrolman Froeschl, a U.S.

Survivors

Army veteran of WWII, had been with the agency for two years and was survived by his pregnant wife and two 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 Froeschl gave the Galveston Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Galveston 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 Galveston Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Galveston, Galveston County, TX

Platform Identity gpd.galveston.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 9, 1952

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

George Froeschl served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman George Froeschl is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In TX, 657 of 2,422 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 Galveston Police Department, 9 of 19 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.4% of this agency's fallen.

Galveston Police Department

of 19 officers

47.4% Accident

TX — Statewide

657

of 2,422 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident