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2/Cst. David Melvyn Perry
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Constable

2/Cst. David Melvyn Perry

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — ON
Undetermined
Canada flag Ontario flag
End of Watch June 7, 1958
Age 19
The Vigil Panel 216 ›
Gender Male
Division O Division, Orillia Detachment
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 332

Incident

2/Cst. Perry was awarded the Royal Life Saving Society for swimming and lifesaving ability. He accidentally drowned while on patrol in Lake Simcoe, near Georgina Island, Ontario. 2/Cst. Perry’s body was recovered 23 days after the accident. At the time of his death, he was posted at the Orillia Detachment. He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in North Burnaby, British Columbia. Second Class Constable David Melvyn Perry Inscription on grave marker Second Class Constable David Melvyn Perry

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable David Melvyn Perry served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable David Melvyn Perry.

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

Agency

Department Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Location ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 7, 1958
Age 19
Gender Male
Division O Division, Orillia Detachment
Born Vancouver, British Columbia

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Lake Simcoe, ON

Constable 2/Cst. David Melvyn Perry is one of 260 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ON, 236 of 334 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 69.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.

At Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 236 of 333 officers on record were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.9% of this agency's fallen.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
236
of 333 officers
70.9% Undetermined
ON — Statewide
236
of 334 officers
70.7% Undetermined
Nationwide
260
of 32,508 officers
0.8% Undetermined

National Cause Distribution

How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. 2/Cst. David Melvyn Perry's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How 2/Cst. David Melvyn Perry Compares

Age at End of Watch
19
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. 2/Cst. David Melvyn Perry is highlighted in Jun.

Jan
21
Feb
16
Mar
20
Apr
23
May
26
Jun
29
Jul
23
Aug
24
Sep
17
Oct
22
Nov
15
Dec
24

Incident Location

Lake Simcoe, ON.