Raymond L. Corbitt

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Police Department — Jacksonville, FL

Felonious

End of Watch March 26, 1922

Age 31

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Location: Alabama Incident Date: Friday, March 24, 1922 Weapon: Gun; Unknown type Offender: Executed in 1922

Lieutenant Corbitt succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained two days earlier, when he caught two suspects burglarizing freight train No. 212 in the railroad's yards in Troy, Alabama.

One of the suspects was apprehended the following morning, convicted of his murder, and hung on June 23, 1922. The second suspect was arrested by railroad detectives in Jacksonville, Florida, on May 5, 1924. He was returned to Troy to face trial for Lieutenant Corbitt's murder.

Lieutenant Corbitt was survived by his wife and two young daughters.

Survivors

Lieutenant Corbitt was survived by his wife and two young daughters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Corbitt served with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Jacksonville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Corbitt.

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

Agency

Department Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Police Department

Location Jacksonville, FL

Platform Identity aclrpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 26, 1922

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Executed in 1922

Lieutenant Raymond L. Corbitt is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In FL, 539 of 1,008 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.5% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Police Department, 6 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 85.7% of this agency's fallen.

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Police Department

of 7 officers

85.7% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious