Hugh O'Donnell

Bayonne Police Department — Bayonne, NJ

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch July 24, 1926

Age 28

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 2 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 4

Incident

Patrolman Hugh O'Donnell succumbed to injuries sustained when he fell off his horse at the intersection of Prospect Avenue and 28th Street in Bayonne. He had mounted the horse at 22nd Street Avenue F, but the horse immediately broke into a gallop. Another officer nearby followed in a vehicle until he located Patrolman O'Donnell on the ground. He transported Patrolman O'Donnell to Bayonne Hospital, where he succumbed to a fractured skull. Patrolman O'Donnell was a United States Navy WWI veteran and had served with the Bayonne Police Department for over three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, three children, parents, a brother, and a sister.

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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.
Patrolman O'Donnell gave the Bayonne Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bayonne 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 Bayonne Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Platform Identity bpd.hudson.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 24, 1926

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 2 mo

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Hugh O'Donnell served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Hugh O'Donnell 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 NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 39.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Bayonne Police Department, 4 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

Bayonne Police Department

of 5 officers

80% Accident

NJ — Statewide

258

of 646 officers

39.9% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident