George Froeschl

Galveston Police Department — Galveston, TX

Accident Veteran

End of Watch April 9, 1952

Age 26

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

The Vigil Panel 88 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 18

Incident

Patrolman Froeschl died from exposure to the cold while attempting to save a drowning woman. He had just finished his shift and was being driven by another officer in a patrol car when they heard a call about a woman drowning near 25th and Seawall. When they responded to the scene they encountered a crowd of 500 people, none of whom were helping rescue the woman. Patrolman Froeschl entered the cold water and rescued the woman. He was transported to a local hospital for exposure and shock and subsequently contracted pneumonia and died. Patrolman Froeschl, a U.S.

Survivors

Army veteran of WWII, had been with the agency for two years and was survived by his pregnant wife and two children.

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Tributes

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.
Patrolman Froeschl gave the Galveston Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Galveston community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Galveston Police Department

Location Galveston, TX

Platform Identity gpd.galveston.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 9, 1952

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

George Froeschl served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman George Froeschl 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Galveston Police Department, 9 of 19 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.4% of this agency's fallen.

Galveston Police Department

of 19 officers

47.4% Accident

TX — Statewide

653

of 2,421 officers

27% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident