Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Albert Meisner was struck and killed by a train while attempting to remove three tramps from an outbound train at approximately 7:30 pm. He either fell or was pushed from the train and fell onto the tracks in the path of another train.
Survivors
Patrolman Meisner was survived by his wife and 11 children.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
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Patrolman Meisner served with the Dubuque Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Dubuque community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Albert Meisner 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 IA, 71 of 226 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Dubuque Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Albert Meisner's cause is highlighted.
How Albert Meisner Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Albert Meisner is highlighted in Sep.
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