Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Guenther succumbed to injuries sustained 11 years earlier when he was involved in an accident while responding to an accident. As a result of the accident he suffered severe injuries and remained in chronic pain and required 14 surgeries until his death.
Patrolman Guenther had served with the Cleveland Police Department for 27 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
27 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Guenther gave the Cleveland Division of Police 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Guenther.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Arthur W. Guenther 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 Cleveland Division of Police, 24 of 119 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 20.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Arthur W. Guenther's cause is highlighted.
How Arthur W. Guenther Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Arthur W. Guenther is highlighted in Dec.
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