Incident
Patrolman Orrie Murray was killed in an accident on Bigelow Boulevard near Kirkpatrick Street when an automobile crossed the center line and struck his motorcycle head-on. Patrolman Murray was transported to Mercy Hospital where he died as result of his injuries. He had been involved in another motorcycle accident earlier in the morning, but was uninjured. Patrolman Murray was a U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish-American War. He was buried in the South Side Cemetery.
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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.
Patrolman Murray gave the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police 5 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Military Service
Orrie N. Murray served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Patrolman Orrie N. Murray is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,784 officers honored here.
In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 33.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, 38 of 101 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.6% of this agency's fallen.
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Military Service
Orrie N. Murray served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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