Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Galler suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after rescuing three people from a gas-filled room on Plane Street. After pulling the three people from the room he assisted in reviving them. He then began to feel ill and was taken to City Hospital and placed in an oxygen tent. He died a short time later. Officer Galler had been with the agency for 23 years and was assigned to the Emergency Squad.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two sons, and three sisters.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
23 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Galler gave the Newark Police Division 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Newark community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Galler.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer John F. Galler is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NJ, 38 of 646 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.9% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Newark Police Division, 3 of 58 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John F. Galler's cause is highlighted.
How John F. Galler Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. John F. Galler is highlighted in Nov.
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