Pierce Lee Reeves
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Officer

Pierce Lee Reeves

Mobile Police Department — Mobile, AL
Accident
End of Watch September 24, 1944
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Pierce Reeves was killed in an accident when his motorcycle struck an open manhole on Virginia Street at Tuttle Avenue.

Officer Reeves had been employed with the Mobile Police Department for four years.

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Reeves gave the Mobile Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Mobile community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Reeves.

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

Agency

Location Mobile, AL
Platform Identity mpd.mobile.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 24, 1944
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Pierce Lee Reeves 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 AL, 182 of 643 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.3% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Mobile Police Department, 5 of 23 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21.7% of this agency's fallen.

Mobile Police Department
5
of 23 officers
21.7% Accident
AL — Statewide
182
of 643 officers
28.3% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Pierce Lee Reeves'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 Pierce Lee Reeves Compares

Years of Service
4
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Pierce Lee Reeves is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location