LeRoy Joseph Wadsworth

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch November 30, 1961

Age 38

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Badge 5976

The Vigil Panel 97 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 239

Incident

Policeman LeRoy Wadsworth was killed in a motorcycle accident while on duty. His motorcycle struck the back of a vehicle that had made a sudden stop in the roadway.

Policeman Wadsworth was a U.S Marine Corps veteran of WWII and had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 14 years.

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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.
Policeman Wadsworth gave the Los Angeles Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 30, 1961

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Age 38

Badge Number 5976

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

LeRoy Joseph Wadsworth served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Policeman LeRoy Joseph Wadsworth 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 CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 39.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Los Angeles Police Department, 97 of 240 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40.4% of this agency's fallen.

Los Angeles Police Department

of 240 officers

40.4% Accident

CA — Statewide

719

of 1,837 officers

39.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident