Wallace J. Muscovich
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Police Officer

Wallace J. Muscovich

Oakland Police Department — Oakland, CA
Felonious
End of Watch April 23, 1944
Age 34
Tour of Duty 10 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Wallace Muscovich was shot and killed when he attempted to apprehend an armed robbery suspect while off duty. He observed the suspect shoot a store owner and then flee. He followed the man to a hotel at 472 East Eighth Street and was engaged in a gunfight in the second-floor hallway. He struck the suspect three times and killed him, but not before being fatally wounded himself. He succumbed to his injuries one week after the incident. Officer Muscovich had been acting as an Emergency Patrolman for 10 months to fill in for an officer who had been called to serve in WWII.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and 8-year-old daughter.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Muscovich served with the Oakland Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Oakland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Muscovich.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Platform Identity opd.alameda.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 23, 1944
Tour of Duty 10 mo
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Wallace is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1944, 59 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 129th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Wallace was 34. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Wallace had served 0.8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Oakland Police Department has 54 officers remembered here, Wallace among them.

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Where

Police Officer Wallace J. Muscovich

Oakland Police Department · End of Watch April 23, 1944

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 58-E

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