Roll of Honor
Herbert R. Johnson
Incident
Special Agent Herbert Johnson succumbed to injuries sustained approximately 18 months earlier when he fell from a telephone pole while installing a wire tap in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The fall caused him to seriously injure his spine, which led to his death on May 21, 1934.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Johnson served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Johnson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Special Agent Herbert R. Johnson 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 DC, 453 of 1,418 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 31.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Prohibition, 13 of 35 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Herbert R. Johnson's cause is highlighted.
How Herbert R. Johnson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Herbert R. Johnson is highlighted in May.
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