Roll of Honor
Incident
Special Agent Larry Jordan was killed instantly when his patrol car was struck by a Metra commuter train in Chicago, Illinois, while investigating a report of a suspicious person in a rail yard. He was driving across a private crossing near 2500 West Columbus Avenue when his patrol car was struck by the train. Agent Jordan had served with the Norfolk Southern Railroad Police Department for 25 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and one child.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
25 years. You could have gone home.
Special Agent Jordan gave the Norfolk Southern Railroad Police Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Atlanta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Jordan.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Special Agent Larry E. Jordan 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 GA, 263 of 903 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Larry E. Jordan's cause is highlighted.
How Larry E. Jordan Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Larry E. Jordan is highlighted in Oct.