Roll of Honor
Incident
Assistant Special Agent William King was struck and killed by a terminal engine in the railroad yards in Brooklyn, Illinois.
He had passed between two rail cars and accidentally stepped into the path of the engine.
Assistant Special Agent King had served with the Alton Railroad Police Department for 25 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his brother and two sisters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
25 years. You could have gone home.
Assistant Special Agent King gave the Alton Railroad Police Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Assistant Special Agent King.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Assistant Special Agent William Joseph King 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 IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Joseph King's cause is highlighted.
How William Joseph King Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William Joseph King is highlighted in Jan.