Thomas F. Murphy

Springfield Police Department — Springfield, MA

Accident

End of Watch February 2, 1940

Age 50

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

The Vigil Panel 76 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 18

Incident

Officer Thomas Murphy and Officer Sullivan were killed when they were struck by a train. Officer Murphy had served with the agency for 25 years.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier: BO-US-MA-9B8B24F9
Stewardship: Maintained by NeuraWeb Global Inc.
Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

Honored here by 1 sentinel - 1 tribute.

Are you family? This record can be claimed and maintained by those who knew Thomas. Claim this record.

This page is permanent and free. No fee to view it, no advertising, no tracking, and no account required. It will not be taken down.

Tributes

25 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Murphy gave the Springfield Police Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Springfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Murphy.

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

Agency

Department Springfield Police Department

Location Springfield, MA

Platform Identity spd.hampden.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 2, 1940

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Thomas F. Murphy 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 Springfield Police Department, 7 of 19 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 36.8% of this agency's fallen.

Springfield Police Department

of 19 officers

36.8% Accident

MA — Statewide

158

of 469 officers

33.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident