Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman William Dalton was pursuing a violator of the panhandling ordinance on horseback. The horse ran into a buggy at the intersection of Germantown Street and Baxter Street (modern day Fitch Street), throwing Patrolman Dalton to the ground and causing a fractured skull from which he died the next day. Patrolman Dalton had served with the Dayton Police Department for three years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
127 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Dalton gave the Dayton Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dayton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman William Dalton is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Dayton Police Department, 6 of 31 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Dalton's cause is highlighted.
How William Dalton Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William Dalton is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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