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Police Officer

Herbert G. Tarbox

Falmouth Police Department — Falmouth, ME

Cardiac Veteran

End of Watch April 19, 1959

Age 54

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Police Officer Herbert Tarbox suffered a fatal heart attack while providing medical aid to an unconscious man.

When Officer Tarbox responded to a call for assistance on Route 1 near Tuttle Road, he found the man unconscious in his vehicle. As he started to render aid and administer oxygen, he collapsed. A bystander called for help on the police radio. Both men were taken to the Maine Medical Center where neither man could be revived.

Officer Tarbox was a United States Navy Reserve World War II and Korean War veteran and had served with the Falmouth Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, and two sisters.

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Last updated: 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.
Police Officer Tarbox gave the Falmouth Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Falmouth community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Falmouth Police Department

Location Falmouth, ME

Platform Identity fpd.cumberland.me.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 19, 1959

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 54

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Herbert G. Tarbox served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer Herbert G. Tarbox is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ME, 16 of 102 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 15.7% of this state's fallen. That is 11.7 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

Falmouth Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Cardiac

ME — Statewide

of 102 officers

15.7% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Herbert G. Tarbox's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Herbert G. Tarbox Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

Years of Service