Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman John Sebold succumbed to injuries sustained one month earlier when he attempted to stop a runaway mule team on Market and Broad Streets in Newark.
He fell underneath the wagon and was dragged 100 feet. He sustained severe injuries and died just over one month later.
Patrolman Sebold had served with the Newark Police Division for two years. He was survived by his wife and two children. One of his sons, Philip, became Chief of the Newark Police Department in 1945.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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Tributes
140 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Sebold gave the Newark Police Division 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Newark community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman John Sebold 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 Newark Police Division, 19 of 58 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Sebold's cause is highlighted.
How John Sebold Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Sebold is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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