Thomas Patrick Fogarty
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Private

Thomas Patrick Fogarty

Veteran → Accident
End of Watch August 6, 1941
Age 52
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
The Vigil Panel 78 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Private Thomas Fogarty was killed in a vehicle crash while on his police motorcycle in Rock Creek Park in Washington, DC.

He was patrolling Beach Drive, near Military Road, when the crash occurred.

Private Fogarty was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the United States Park Police for 25 years.

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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.
Private Fogarty gave the United States Department of the Interior 25 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdiusppd.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 6, 1941
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Laid to Rest Arlington National Cemetery · August 11, 1941

Military Service

Thomas Patrick Fogarty served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Private Thomas Patrick Fogarty 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 DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 32 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At United States Department of the Interior - United States Park Police, 7 of 13 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 53.8% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Interior - United States Park Police
7
of 13 officers
53.8% Accident
DC — Statewide
454
of 1,419 officers
32% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,759 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas Patrick Fogarty's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Thomas Patrick Fogarty Compares

Age at Death
52
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
25
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Patrick Fogarty is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location

Military Service

Thomas Patrick Fogarty served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Laid to Rest

Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery
Interred August 11, 1941
Section 18

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