Clarence Mihlheiser

New York City Police Department — New York, NY

Accident

End of Watch August 28, 1939

Age 34

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Badge 9134

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1,236

Incident

Patrolman Clarence Mihlheiser succumbed to injuries he received in a single-vehicle crash on August 25, 1939. Officers were setting up barricades and closing the Grand Central Parkway due to a severe storm. Patrolman Mihlheiser was on the running board of the patrol vehicle when the automobile skidded and struck a tree near 68th Avenue in Forest Hills. He was transported to Parsons Hospital, Flushing, where he died three days later. Patrolman Mihlheiser had served with the New York City Police Department for at nine years and was assigned to the Grand Central Parkway Precinct, the present-day Highway 3.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, infant daughter, parents, six brothers, and two sisters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Mihlheiser gave the New York City Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Mihlheiser.

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

Agency

Department New York City Police Department

Location New York, NY

Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 28, 1939

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 34

Badge Number 9134

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Clarence Mihlheiser 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 NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At New York City Police Department, 283 of 1237 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.9% of this agency's fallen.

New York City Police Department

283

of 1,237 officers

22.9% Accident

NY — Statewide

645

of 2,147 officers

30% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident