Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Levy McQuietor succumbed to burns sustained 26 days earlier when he was engulfed by flames. He was assigned to clean the shower stalls inside the Dallas Police Department Community Service Center in the 4400 block of Vandervort Drive. and used a flammable liquid to do the cleaning. The liquid ignited from a pilot light, causing burns on over 80% of his body. He was transported to Parkland Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Officer McQuietor was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Dallas Police Department for four years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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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.
Officer McQuietor gave the Dallas Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Levy McQuietor, Jr. served in the Army (1964â1967) before joining law enforcement.
Officer Levy McQuietor, Jr. 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 Dallas Police Department, 30 of 95 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Levy McQuietor, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Levy McQuietor, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Levy McQuietor, Jr. is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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