Otto H. Flieth
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Police Officer

Otto H. Flieth

Milwaukee Police Department — Milwaukee, WI
Accident
End of Watch December 17, 1908
Age 50
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Otto Flieth was killed when the patrol wagon he was riding in was struck by a streetcar. He and three other officers were responding to an emergency call when the accident occurred. The other three officers were injured.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Flieth served with the Milwaukee Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Milwaukee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Flieth.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI
Platform Identity mpd.milwaukee.wi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 17, 1908
Age 50
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Otto 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 1908, 36 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 111th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Otto was 50. 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.

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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Thursdays: 14%.

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How

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

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His people

Milwaukee Police Department has 69 officers remembered here, Otto among them.

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Where

Police Officer Otto H. Flieth

Milwaukee Police Department · End of Watch December 17, 1908

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 55-W

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