Lynwood N. Newcomer

Hagerstown Police Department — Hagerstown, MD

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch June 3, 1951

Age 35

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 5

Incident

Officer Lynwood Newcomer was electrocuted when he stepped on a live wire while exiting his patrol car during a severe storm. The incident happened in the 600 block of Virginia Avenue near the entrance to City Park. Officer Newcomer was a veteran of WWII.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, parents, and several sisters.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: August 2, 2026
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.
Officer Newcomer served with the Hagerstown Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Hagerstown 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 Hagerstown Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Hagerstown, Washington County, MD

Platform Identity hpd.washington.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 3, 1951

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Lynwood N. Newcomer served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Lynwood N. Newcomer 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 MD, 140 of 377 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this state's fallen. That is 37.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Hagerstown Police Department, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Hagerstown Police Department

of 6 officers

33.3% Accident

MD — Statewide

140

of 377 officers

37.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident