Vincent Louis Wilhelm

North Bergen Police Department — North Bergen, NJ

Veteran → Cardiac

End of Watch July 20, 1965

Age 40

Tour of Duty 5 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 3

Incident

Patrolman Vincent Wilhelm suffered a fatal heart attack after transporting two elderly women to the Christ Hospital at 176 Palisade Avenue in Jersey City.

Patrolman Wilhelm was assigned to ambulance duty and was on his way to the hospital with his patient when he radioed headquarters, asking them to call the hospital to have a doctor waiting for him since he was ill. He drove over eight miles to the emergency entrance and then collapsed. Patrolman Wilhelm was pronounced dead due to a heart attack several hours later.

Patrolman Wilhelm was a United States Army veteran of WWII and had served with the North Bergen Police Department for over five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, his mother, two sons, and three daughters.

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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.
Patrolman Wilhelm gave the North Bergen Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the North Bergen 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 North Bergen Police Department

Type Police Department

Location North Bergen, NJ

Platform Identity nbpd.hudson.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 20, 1965

Tour of Duty 5 yrs 6 mo

Age 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Vincent Louis Wilhelm served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Vincent Louis Wilhelm is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In NJ, 38 of 646 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.9% of this state's fallen. That is 5.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At North Bergen Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

North Bergen Police Department

of 4 officers

25% Cardiac

NJ — Statewide

of 646 officers

5.9% Cardiac

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Cardiac