Roll of Honor
Peleg Palmer
Incident
Inspector Peleg Palmer died from exposure when his boat was blown out to sea while he attempted to inspect a ship in Stonington Harbor, Connecticut.
The ship had recently arrived in the harbor from the West Indies and he was directed to inspect it. He was being taken to the ship in an open-top boat when they encountered a heavy snowstorm that prevented them from boarding the ship or returning to shore. Inspector Palmer froze to death and the man with him suffered severe injuries from the cold.
Inspector Palmer was survived by his wife and five children.
Survivors
Inspector Palmer was survived by his wife and five children.
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Inspector Palmer served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Inspector Peleg Palmer 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%.
At United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, 44 of 94 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 46.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Peleg Palmer's cause is highlighted.
How Peleg Palmer Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Peleg Palmer is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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