Roll of Honor
Zachariah Reynolds
Incident
Watchman Zachariah Reynolds was killed after falling into an elevator shaft in the Treasury Building. He was performing his rounds down a narrow, darkened hallway and did not see the opened elevator door. He was killed instantly when he fell to the bottom.
His body was not discovered until he failed to report in to the watch lieutenant. Another watchman was sent to locate him and found him in the elevator shaft.
Watchman Reynolds had served as a watchman for one year.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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Tributes
139 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Watchman Reynolds gave the United States Department of the Treasury 1 year.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Watchman Zachariah Reynolds 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 DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Zachariah Reynolds's cause is highlighted.
How Zachariah Reynolds Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Zachariah Reynolds is highlighted in Feb.