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Corporal

John Holzknecht

Louisville Police Department — Louisville, KY

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch January 13, 1937

Age 65

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

The Vigil Panel 72 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 90

Incident

Corporal John Holzknecht succumbed to injuries sustained on November 15th, 1937, when he was involved in a vehicle crash at the intersection of Everett Avenue and Slaughter Avenue (modern day Patterson Avenue).

The police car that Corporal Holzknecht was a passenger in overturned after colliding with a milk truck at the intersection. The driver of the truck was charged with failure to yield right of way.

Corporal Holzknecht was transported to City Hospital where he stayed for several days before being sent home to recuperate. His condition continued to worsen and he died on January 13th, 1938, without having returned to duty.

Corporal Holzknecht had was a Spanish-American War veteran and had served with the Louisville Police Department for 20 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, four sisters, and two brothers.

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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.
Corporal Holzknecht gave the Louisville Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Louisville community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Louisville Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Platform Identity lpd.jefferson.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 13, 1937

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 65

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

John Holzknecht served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Corporal John Holzknecht is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In KY, 161 of 983 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Louisville Police Department, 34 of 91 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.4% of this agency's fallen.

Louisville Police Department

of 91 officers

37.4% Accident

KY — Statewide

161

of 983 officers

16.4% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident