Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Walter Leigh suffered a fatal heart attack while struggling with a suspect.
Officer Leigh had stopped a car occupied by two subjects who had been drinking. One subject attacked Officer Leigh with a tire wrench and then fled the scene. The subject was apprehended and received six months in jail for resisting an officer.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Leigh gave the Dodgeville Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dodgeville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Leigh.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Walter Leigh is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In WI, 23 of 317 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 7.3% of this state's fallen. That is 3.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Walter Leigh's cause is highlighted.
How Walter Leigh Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Walter Leigh is highlighted in Jan.