Arthur F. Aiello
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Patrolman

Arthur F. Aiello

Peoria Police Department — Peoria, IL
Accident
End of Watch August 29, 1929
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Arthur Aiello was killed in an automobile accident when he was thrown from the police car he was riding in while responding to an accident. Patrolman Aiello was sitting in the back seat of the open touring car and was thrown through the cloth roof when it was struck by a bread truck at the corner of Spring and Jefferson streets. Patrolman Aiello was survived by his wife and infant son. His son became a Peoria Police Officer.

Survivors

Patrolman Aiello was survived by his wife and infant son.

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

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Peoria, Peoria County, IL
Platform Identity ppd.peoria.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 29, 1929
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Arthur is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1929, 118 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Arthur was 26. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Thursdays: 14%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Peoria Police Department has 15 officers remembered here, Arthur among them.

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Where

Patrolman Arthur F. Aiello

Peoria Police Department · End of Watch August 29, 1929

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 9-W

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