Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Armand VanCleave was killed in an automobile crash. Officer VanCleave was riding in the rear of a stretcher car while transporting a heart attack victim to a local hospital. At the intersection of Seventh and Oak Streets, a vehicle struck the stretcher car broadside, and Officer VanCleave was injured. He was transported to the local hospital, where he died from his injuries the next day. Officer Van Cleave was a United States Army Korean War veteran.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, three daughters, and two sons.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer VanCleave served with the Shively Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Shively community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Armand VanCleave, Sr. served in the Army (1951â1953) before joining law enforcement.
Officer Armand VanCleave, 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 KY, 161 of 983 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.4% of this state's fallen. That is 14.6 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Shively 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. Armand VanCleave, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Armand VanCleave, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Armand VanCleave, Sr. is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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