Vincent Alphonso Hassen
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Corporal

Vincent Alphonso Hassen

Accident
End of Watch December 27, 1927
Age 24
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Corporal Vincent Hassen was killed when the sidecar of his motorcycle clipped a parked car and caused him to be thrown from the motorcycle.

Survivors

Corpoal Hassen had been with the agency for one year and was survived by his mother.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-US-PA-31481873
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Corporal Hassen gave the Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Hassen.

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

Agency

Location Harrisburg, PA
Platform Identity pshp.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 27, 1927
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Corporal Vincent Alphonso Hassen 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 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 Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol, 10 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 55.6% of this agency's fallen.

Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol
10
of 18 officers
55.6% Accident
PA — Statewide
417
of 1,261 officers
33.1% 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. Vincent Alphonso Hassen'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 Vincent Alphonso Hassen Compares

Age at End of Watch
24
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
1
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Vincent Alphonso Hassen is highlighted in Dec.

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