Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Axel Soderberg died from injuries received in a fall while on duty. Officer Axel Soderberg was escorting children across the street at University and Cromwell streets when he slipped and fell on the icy pavement on March 13. He died in the hospital on March 20, 1928 from an abdominal hemorrhage suffered in the fall. He was buried in Union Cemetery.
Survivors
Officer Soderberg had been with the agency for 16 years and was survived by his wife and daughter.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Soderberg gave the Saint Paul Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Soderberg.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Axel J. Soderberg 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 MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Saint Paul Police Department, 11 of 33 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Axel J. Soderberg's cause is highlighted.
How Axel J. Soderberg Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Axel J. Soderberg is highlighted in Mar.
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