Gottlob Klemmer
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Policeman

Gottlob Klemmer

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA
Felonious
End of Watch September 11, 1927
Age 53
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Badge 2715
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Gender Male

Incident

Policeman Klemmer succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained 9 years earlier during a shootout with a member of a robbery gang. Doctors were unable to remove two of the bullets and they eventually caused his death. Policeman Klemmer had served with the agency for 20 years.

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20 years. You could have gone home.
Policeman Klemmer gave the Philadelphia Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Klemmer.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 11, 1927
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 53
Badge Number 2715
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Gottlob 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 1927, 220 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 6th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Gottlob was 53. 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. Gottlob had served 20 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

September holds 9.1% 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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Philadelphia Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Gottlob among them.

Across the years
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Where

Policeman Gottlob Klemmer

Philadelphia Police Department · End of Watch September 11, 1927

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 48-E

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