John Anthony Andrulewicz
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Trooper

John Anthony Andrulewicz

Pennsylvania State Police — Harrisburg, PA
Accident
End of Watch May 9, 1988
Age 44
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Trooper John Andrulewicz was killed in an automobile accident while returning home in his patrol vehicle from an overnight shift while assigned to the Region IV Strike Force. The vehicle flipped over into a ditch and the roof collapsed, fatally injuring him. Trooper Andrulewicz served with the Pennsylvania State Police for 24 years.

Survivors

Survivors include his wife.

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

24 years. You could have gone home.
Trooper Andrulewicz gave the Pennsylvania State Police 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Andrulewicz.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Harrisburg, PA
Platform Identity pasp.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 9, 1988
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
Age 44
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Trooper John Anthony Andrulewicz 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Pennsylvania State Police, 42 of 87 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.3% of this agency's fallen.

Pennsylvania State Police
42
of 87 officers
48.3% Accident
PA — Statewide
417
of 1,261 officers
33.1% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Anthony Andrulewicz's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How John Anthony Andrulewicz Compares

Age at End of Watch
44
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
24
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Anthony Andrulewicz is highlighted in May.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location