Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau
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Constable

Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau

Undetermined
End of Watch April 2, 1974
Age 23
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Gender Male

Incident

Cst. Létourneau was driving with Cst. Tremblay in an unmarked police car. Cst. Létourneau pulled out to pass a school bus. The police car was hit by a tow truck coming in the opposite direction. Cst. Létourneau was married to Marie. He is buried in the Cemetery of Saint Georges Ouest in Beuce, Quebec. Constable Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau Constable Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau Inscription on grave marker Constable Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau

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

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

Agency

Location ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 2, 1974
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

Constable Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau 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. Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau'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 Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau Compares

Age at End of Watch
23
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Michel Benoit Létourneau is highlighted in Apr.

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