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Corporal

Ervin Jack Giesbrecht

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — ON

Undetermined

End of Watch June 20, 1964

Age 31

The Vigil Panel 216 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 332

Incident

Cpl. Giesbrecht was a former heavy-weight Golden Gloves Boxing Champion. He was promoted to corporal in 1962. He drowned when his police car went out of control and plunged into the water at the Coffer Dam while on patrol at Hybord, Manitoba. He was married to Elaine and they had a son. Cpl. Giesbrecht is buried at Garry Memorial Park in Fort Garry, Manitoba. Corporal Ervin Jack Giesbrecht Corporal Ervin Jack Giesbrecht Inscription on Grave marker

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

— 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 20, 1964

Age 31

Gender Male

Born June 28, 1932

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

Incident Location Hybord, MB

Corporal Ervin Jack Giesbrecht 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. Ervin Jack Giesbrecht'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 Ervin Jack Giesbrecht Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

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Incident Location

Hybord, MB.

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