Roll of Honor
John H. Bohlen
Incident
Police Officer John Bohlen was struck and killed by a streetcar at Humboldt Avenue and North Broadway in the Sixth District. He was hit by a southbound streetcar while waiting for a northbound streetcar. Officer Bohlen was a Spanish-American War veteran and had been with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for 17 years. He was survived by his wife and parents. He is buried at New Bethlehem Memorial Park Cemetery in Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and parents.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 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.
Police Officer Bohlen gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
John H. Bohlen served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer John H. Bohlen 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. John H. Bohlen's cause is highlighted.
How John H. Bohlen Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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