Milton A. Wimbrow

Wilmington Police Department — Wilmington, DE

Accident

End of Watch December 31, 1931

Age 29

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo

Badge 45

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 10

Incident

Patrolman Milton Wimbrow succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash three days earlier at the intersection of 29th Street and Market Street. He was transported to Delaware Hospital where he died three days after the crash as a result of a skull fracture. Patrolman Wimbrow had served with the Wilmington Police Department for 18 months. He was survived by his wife and 9-year-old daughter. Patrolman Wimbrow's great-grandson went on to serve as a Delaware State Police trooper.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and 9-year-old daughter.

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Patrolman Wimbrow gave the Wilmington Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Wilmington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Wimbrow.

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

Agency

Department Wilmington Police Department

Location Wilmington, DE

Platform Identity wpd.newcastle.de.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 31, 1931

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo

Age 29

Badge Number 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Milton A. Wimbrow 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 DE, 19 of 51 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.3% of this state's fallen. That is 6.3 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Wilmington Police Department, 3 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.3% of this agency's fallen.

Wilmington Police Department

of 11 officers

27.3% Accident

DE — Statewide

of 51 officers

37.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident