Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain Phillip Heimbecker and Corporal Jon E. Hermann were killed when their Beechcraft Baron crashed shortly after takeoff from the Fort Madison Municipal Airport.
They were transporting a prisoner to face a murder trial at the time of the crash. The prisoner survived the crash with non-fatal injuries.
Captain Heimbecker had served with the Woodbury County Sheriff's Office for 28 years.
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28 years. You could have gone home.
Captain Heimbecker gave the Woodbury County Sheriff's Office 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Sioux City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Heimbecker.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Phillip Arthur Heimbecker, Sr. 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 Woodbury County Sheriff's Office, 3 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Phillip Arthur Heimbecker, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Phillip Arthur Heimbecker, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Phillip Arthur Heimbecker, Sr. is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
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