Edward F. Dwyer
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Sergeant

Edward F. Dwyer

Accident
End of Watch February 16, 1920
Age 43
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Edward Dwyer succumbed to injuries received three days earlier when his horse fell on him at Clayton and Oakland Avenues. The horse became frightened by a passing automobile and reared back, falling over, and pinning Sergeant Dwyer.

Survivors

Sergeant Dwyer had been with the agency for 11 years and was survived by his wife and three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Dwyer gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Dwyer.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 16, 1920
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Age 43
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Edward 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 1920, 48 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 99th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Edward was 43. 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. Edward had served 11 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

February holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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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

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Edward among them.

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Where

Sergeant Edward F. Dwyer

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch February 16, 1920

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 42-W

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