Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman John Blomberg was struck and killed by a passenger train at the Illinois Central Railroad station. Two trains were approaching the station in opposite directions at the time and it was believed that Patrolman Blomberg was attempting to keep disembarking passengers off the tracks when he was struck. Patrolman Blomberg had served with the agency for five years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Blomberg gave the Chicago Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman John L. V. Blomberg 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 IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Chicago Police Department, 107 of 571 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 18.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John L. V. Blomberg's cause is highlighted.
How John L. V. Blomberg Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John L. V. Blomberg is highlighted in Nov.
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