William Frederick Valet

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA

Cardiac

End of Watch October 5, 1929

Age 41

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 377

Incident

Police Officer William Valet suffered a fatal heart attack while directing traffic at the intersection of Sixth Street and Erie Avenue.

Officer Valet served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 13 years and was assigned to the 36th Police District.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Valet gave the Philadelphia Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Valet.

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

Agency

Department Philadelphia Police Department

Location Philadelphia, PA

Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 5, 1929

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Police Officer William Frederick Valet is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Philadelphia Police Department, 37 of 378 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.8% of this agency's fallen.

Philadelphia Police Department

of 378 officers

9.8% Cardiac

PA — Statewide

118

of 1,261 officers

9.4% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac