Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Frederick Offenburger was killed in a single vehicle accident. He had been dispatched to assist a village officer on a woman screaming call while on patrol in the township. He was traveling on an unfamiliar road with curves and did not know about a bend in the road and struck a tree. Patrolman Offenburger died instantly. Patrolman Offenburger was survived by his daughter. He is buried in the Wilson Cemetery, Licking County, Ohio.
Survivors
Patrolman Offenburger was survived by his daughter.
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Patrolman Offenburger gave the Union Township Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Hebron community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Offenburger.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Frederick E. Offenburger 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Frederick E. Offenburger's cause is highlighted.
How Frederick E. Offenburger Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Frederick E. Offenburger is highlighted in Sep.