Roll of Honor
Incident
Private Bertram Beech was killed when his patrol car was struck by a train at the McCoytown crossing in Mercer County. Private Bertram and another trooper were en route to the Butler Barracks from Sharon when they were hit. He was transported to a hospital in Grove City, where he passed away. Private Beech was a U.S Army veteran of WWI and had served with the Pennsylvania State Police for 20 months.
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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.
Private Beech gave the Pennsylvania State Police 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Bertram Beech served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Private Bertram Beech 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 Police, 42 of 87 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Bertram Beech's cause is highlighted.
How Bertram Beech Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Bertram Beech is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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