Patrolman

John J. Conlon

Accident
End of Watch April 6, 1955
Age 26
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 3 mo
Badge 18396
The Vigil Panel 91 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Conlon succumbed to injuries sustained the previous week when he was struck by a taxicab while in a foot pursuit of a suspect. Patrolman Conlon was on patrol when a woman approached him and told him a man had just stabbed her. As Patrolman Conlon began chasing the man when he was struck by the taxi on Lenox Avenue near 125th Street. Patrolman Conlon was transported to Harlem Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries four days later. Patrolman Conlon had served with the New York City Police Department 15 months and was assigned to the West 123rd Street Station (28th Precinct).

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You barely got started.
Patrolman Conlon gave the New York City Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Conlon.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 6, 1955
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 3 mo
Age 26
Badge Number 18396
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

John is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1955, 67 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 59th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

John 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. John had served 1.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

April holds 7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

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

Every cause
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His people

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, John among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman John J. Conlon

New York City Police Department · End of Watch April 6, 1955

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 11-W

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