Joseph Charles Giampaolo
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Patrolman

Joseph Charles Giampaolo

Perry Police Department — Perry, GA
Illness
End of Watch November 28, 1991
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Joseph Giampaolo contracted an infection following a surgery required after being injured during a struggle with a suspect.

Survivors

Patrolman Giampaolo was survived by his wife and daughter.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-GA-64152D76
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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Giampaolo served with the Perry Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Perry community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Giampaolo.

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

Agency

Location Perry, GA
Platform Identity ppd.houston.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 28, 1991
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Patrolman Joseph Charles Giampaolo is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In GA, 63 of 903 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

Perry Police Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Illness
GA — Statewide
63
of 903 officers
7% Illness
Nationwide
2,974
of 32,508 officers
9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph Charles Giampaolo's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Joseph Charles Giampaolo Compares

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Charles Giampaolo is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285