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Sergeant

Dennis H. Marcotte

United States Department of Defense - Selfridge Air National Guard Base Police — Harrison Township, PA

Cardiac

End of Watch November 20, 1998

Age 45

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Sergeant Dennis Marcotte suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in the running portion of the department's annual physical fitness test at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. During the run his supervisor was called back to the station and left Sergeant Marcotte to continue alone. A short time later a military officer in base housing called 911 to report a man lying on the sidewalk in front of his house. Attempts to revive Sergeant Marcotte using CPR failed and he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Sergeant Marcotte had served with the Selfridge Air National Guard Base Police Department for 20 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, son, daughter, parents, and sibilings.

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Marcotte gave the United States Department of Defense 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Marcotte.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Defense - Selfridge Air National Guard Base Police

Location Harrison Township, PA

Platform Identity usddsangbpd.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 20, 1998

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Sergeant Dennis H. Marcotte is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

United States Department of Defense - Selfridge Air National Guard Base Police

of 1 officers

100% Cardiac

PA — Statewide

118

of 1,261 officers

9.4% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Dennis H. Marcotte'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 Dennis H. Marcotte Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

Years of Service