Vernon J. Corbeil
Sergeant

Vernon J. Corbeil

Accident
End of Watch April 15, 1957
Age 40
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Vernon Corbeil and Sergeant Raymond Willis were killed in an airplane accident while searching for a downed plane near Malibu. The plane Sergeant Corbeil was piloting experienced engine trouble and he attempted to land at an emergency landing strip in Puerco Canyon. During the landing the plane struck a ridge and burst into flames, crashing only 500-feet from the landing strip. Sergeant Corbeil had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for nine years and was assigned to the AERO Bureau.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Corbeil gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Corbeil.

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

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Type Other
Location Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lacso.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 15, 1957
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Vernon 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 1957, 55 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 85th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Vernon was 40. 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. Vernon had served 9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

April holds 7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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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

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Vernon among them.

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Where

Sergeant Vernon J. Corbeil

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch April 15, 1957

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 33-E

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