Orrie N. Murray

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police — Pittsburgh, PA

Accident Veteran →

End of Watch June 25, 1930

Age 32

Tour of Duty 5 yrs 2 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 100

Incident

Patrolman Orrie Murray was killed in an accident on Bigelow Boulevard near Kirkpatrick Street when an automobile crossed the center line and struck his motorcycle head-on. Patrolman Murray was transported to Mercy Hospital where he died as result of his injuries. He had been involved in another motorcycle accident earlier in the morning, but was uninjured. Patrolman Murray was a U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish-American War. He was buried in the South Side Cemetery.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Murray gave the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police 5 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Pittsburgh Bureau of Police

Type Federal Agency

Location Pittsburgh, PA

Platform Identity pittpd.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 25, 1930

Tour of Duty 5 yrs 2 mo

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Orrie N. Murray served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Orrie N. Murray is one of 10,094 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,586 officers honored here.

In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, 38 of 101 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.6% of this agency's fallen.

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police

of 101 officers

37.6% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,094

of 32,586 officers

31% Accident