Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Danford Dunn succumbed to injuries he sustained three weeks earlier in Charlestown when he was kicked in the stomach by his horse during the city's anniversary celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Patrolman Dunn had served with the Boston Police Department for less than four years and was assigned to District 12.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
140 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Dunn gave the Boston Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Danford D. Dunn 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 MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Boston Police Department, 31 of 106 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Danford D. Dunn's cause is highlighted.
How Danford D. Dunn Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Danford D. Dunn is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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