Joseph Dolphin served in the U.S. Army.
Police Officer Joseph Dolphin was killed when he and his horse were thrown under the wheels of a trolley on Midvale Avenue at 31st Street (modern day Fox Street). The horse became frightened, reared and plunged in front of the fast-moving trolley. The horse was also killed. Officer Dolphin was a United States Army veteran of the Spanish-American war and served with the Philadelphia Police Department for four and a half years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Dolphin gave the Philadelphia Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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