Joe V. Graham

Fort Worth Police Dept. — Fort Worth, TX

Illness

End of Watch May 10, 1935

Age 38

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

The Vigil Panel 69 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 58

Incident

Officer Graham died from an infection as a result of being bitten on the finger while making an arrest 6 weeks earlier. Officer Graham was on his way home when he was involved in a car accident at 25th Street and Market Street. He noticed that the other driver was intoxicated and told the man he was under arrest. The man began to resist and bit Officer Graham on the tip of his right middle finger. Officer Graham was able to complete the arrest.

The finger began to swell and he was admitted to the hospital on April 11. He was admitted into emergency surgery and had the finger amputated. The surgery failed to stop the infection and he was admitted to the hospital again. He died as a result of the infection on May 10.

Officer Graham had served with the Fort Worth Police Department for 9 years. He was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Rest in peace Officer Graham.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis May 9th, 2019

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Graham gave the Fort Worth Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Graham.

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

Agency

Department Fort Worth Police Dept.

Location Fort Worth, TX

Platform Identity fwpd.tarrant.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 10, 1935

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Duty related illness

Officer Joe V. Graham is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At Fort Worth Police Dept., 4 of 59 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.8% of this agency's fallen.

Fort Worth Police Dept.

of 59 officers

6.8% Illness

TX — Statewide

204

of 2,421 officers

8.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness