John B. Bealefeld

Baltimore Police Dept. — Baltimore, MD

Illness

End of Watch September 10, 1945

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

The Vigil Panel 81 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 150

Incident

Officer Bealefeld died of an embolism cause by an injury he received while on duty. Officer Bealefeld had been with the agency for 16 years.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Bealefeld gave the Baltimore City Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Bealefeld.

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

Agency

Department Baltimore Police Dept.

Location Baltimore, MD

Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 10, 1945

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Police Officer John B. Bealefeld is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MD, 15 of 377 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At Baltimore Police Dept., 10 of 151 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.6% of this agency's fallen.

Baltimore Police Dept.

of 151 officers

6.6% Illness

MD — Statewide

of 377 officers

4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness