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Sheriff

Peter H. Reichert

Henry County Sheriff's Office — Napoleon, OH

Accident

End of Watch April 14, 1917

Age 41

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1

Incident

Sheriff Peter Reichert was fatally injured, and Deputy Sheriff Welton McGill was killed instantly when their automobile was struck by a train at a crossing in Liberty Center.

A prisoner they were transporting to jail was also killed.

Sheriff Reichert had served as Sheriff of Henry County Sheriff's Office for one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and son.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Reichert gave the Henry County Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Napoleon community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Reichert.

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

Agency

Department Henry County Sheriff's Office

Location Napoleon, OH

Platform Identity hcso.henry.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 14, 1917

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Struck by train

Sheriff Peter H. Reichert 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%.

At Henry County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Henry County Sheriff's Office

of 2 officers

100% Accident

OH — Statewide

318

of 991 officers

32.1% 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. Peter H. Reichert'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 Peter H. Reichert Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service

This officer

Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Peter H. Reichert is highlighted in Apr.

Jan

820

Feb

730

Mar

748

Apr

707

May

847

Jun

795

Jul

897

Aug

937

Sep

913

Oct

925

Nov

872

Dec

897

Incident Location

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