Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Fahle died after contracting rabies as a result of a rabid dog bite while walking his beat on September 24, 1888.
The wound to his leg initially did not cause any pain, however, on December 25, 1888, his leg began to swell and caused great pain. He was admitted to a local hospital where he died two days later.
Patrolman Fahle had served with the St. Louis Police Department for 14 years and was assigned to the 4th District.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four children.
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Tributes
138 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Fahle gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Henry Fahle 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 56 of 176 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry Fahle's cause is highlighted.
How Henry Fahle Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Henry Fahle is highlighted in Dec.
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