Victor Louis Zambroni

Memphis Police Department — Memphis, TN

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch March 23, 1920

Age 23

Tour of Duty 4 mo

Badge 79

The Vigil Panel 38 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 93

Incident

Patrolman Victor Zambroni was killed when he swerved his motorcycle in an effort to avoid striking a pedestrian. He was clocking a speeding car west on Jefferson Avenue. As he approached Dunlap Street a young lady stepped from the curb into the path of the motorcycle. Patrolman Zambroni swerved to avoid the pedestrian, lost control of his motorcycle, and struck a telephone pole. He was taken to Saint Joseph's Hospital, where he died a week later from his injuries. Patrolman Zambroni was a United States Army veteran of WWI and had served with the Memphis Police Department for four months.

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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 Zambroni served with the Memphis Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis 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 Memphis Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Memphis, Shelby County, TN

Platform Identity mpd.shelby.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 23, 1920

Tour of Duty 4 mo

Age 23

Badge Number 79

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Victor Louis Zambroni served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Victor Louis Zambroni 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 TN, 191 of 769 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 24.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Memphis Police Department, 25 of 94 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.6% of this agency's fallen.

Memphis Police Department

of 94 officers

26.6% Accident

TN — Statewide

191

of 769 officers

24.8% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident