Kevin W. Forsythe

Phoenix Police Department — Phoenix, AZ

Veteran → Veteran → Accident

End of Watch September 7, 1984

Age 35

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Badge 3289

The Vigil Panel 128 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 46

Incident

Police Officer Kevin Forsythe was struck and killed by a 2-ton gravel truck while directing traffic at N. 7th Ave and W. Maryland Street at 2:15 p.m. He had been working off-duty for a road chip-sealing crew when the accident occurred. Officer Forsythe was a United States Army Green Beret Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Phoenix Police Department for seven years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, stepson, parents, two sisters, and five brothers.

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Last updated: August 2, 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.
Police Officer Forsythe gave the Phoenix Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix 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 Phoenix Police Department

Type Other

Location Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Platform Identity phoepd.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 7, 1984

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 35

Badge Number 3289

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Kevin W. Forsythe served in the U.S. Army (1969â1973) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Kevin W. Forsythe 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 AZ, 95 of 330 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.8% of this state's fallen. That is 28.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Phoenix Police Department, 14 of 47 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.8% of this agency's fallen.

Phoenix Police Department

of 47 officers

29.8% Accident

AZ — Statewide

of 330 officers

28.8% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident