Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Petrogallo was killed in an automobile accident while responding to a burglary in progress call. He was responding down I-10 during a heavy rain when his vehicle went out of control on an overpass. The vehicle struck guard rails on both sides of the overpass and he was ejected from the patrol car. Deputy Petrogallo was a U.S. Air Force veteran of WWII. He had served with the agency for 4 years.
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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.
Deputy Sheriff Petrogallo gave the Bexar County Sheriff's Office 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Antonio 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
George Petrogallo served in the U.S. Army Air Forces (1942â1945) before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff George Petrogallo 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 Bexar County Sheriff's Office, 6 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George Petrogallo's cause is highlighted.
How George Petrogallo Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. George Petrogallo is highlighted in May.
Military Service
George Petrogallo served in the U.S. Army Air Forces (1942–1945) before joining law enforcement.
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