Finley Carl Fuchs
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Trooper

Finley Carl Fuchs

New Jersey State Police — West Trenton, NJ
Accident
End of Watch December 19, 1957
Age 28
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 4 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Fuchs was killed in an automobile accident while en route to a court appointment.

Trooper Fuchs had served with the agency for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his fiancee.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-NJ-2E3597E6
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Fuchs gave the New Jersey State Police 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Fuchs.

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

Agency

Location West Trenton, NJ
Platform Identity njsp.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 19, 1957
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 4 mo
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Trooper Finley Carl Fuchs 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 NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 8.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At New Jersey State Police, 53 of 84 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 63.1% of this agency's fallen.

New Jersey State Police
53
of 84 officers
63.1% Accident
NJ — Statewide
258
of 646 officers
39.9% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Finley Carl Fuchs'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 Finley Carl Fuchs Compares

Age at End of Watch
28
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
2.3
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Finley Carl Fuchs is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897