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Levi Gladstone Trexler
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Special Agent

Levi Gladstone Trexler

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Prohibition — Washington, DC
Accident
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End of Watch March 31, 1933
Age 35
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 34

Incident

Special Agent Levi Trexler was killed in an automobile accident while pursuing a bootlegging suspect in Rockingham County, North Carolina.

He and another agent were patrolling the county roads when they began pursuing a car suspected of transporting liquor. As they rounded a curve their vehicle went out of control and overturned. Agent Trexler suffered fatal injuries in the accident.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Trexler served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Trexler.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Prohibition
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdjbpfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 31, 1933
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Weapon Automobile
Offender Not available

Special Agent Levi Gladstone Trexler 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 Justice - Bureau of Prohibition, 13 of 35 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Prohibition
13
of 35 officers
37.1% Accident
DC — Statewide
454
of 1,419 officers
32% 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. Levi Gladstone Trexler'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 Levi Gladstone Trexler Compares

Age at End of Watch
35
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Offender Outcome

Not available

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Levi Gladstone Trexler is highlighted in Mar.

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