Roll of Honor
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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- 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.
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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
John F. Gibbons, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Agent John F. Gibbons, Jr. 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 Liquor Control Board, 5 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John F. Gibbons, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How John F. Gibbons, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John F. Gibbons, Jr. is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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