John F. Gibbons Jr.

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board — Harrisburg, PA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch November 27, 1968

Age 35

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Agent John Gibbons succumbed to injuries sustained the previous day in an automobile crash on the Parkway East (I-376), near the Churchill Borough exit, in Wilkinsburg. He was returning to Philadelphia after testifying in a court case in Pittsburgh when the crash occurred. Agent Gibbons was a U.S Army veteran of the Korean war and had served with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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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.
Agent Gibbons gave the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Harrisburg 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 Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

Type Other

Location Harrisburg, PA

Platform Identity plcb.dauphin.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 27, 1968

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

John F. Gibbons Jr. served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Agent John F. Gibbons Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 33.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, 5 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

of 5 officers

100% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident