Louis F. Fowler
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Sergeant

Louis F. Fowler

Louisville Police Department — Louisville, KY
Accident
End of Watch December 11, 1939
Age 34
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Louis Fowler suffered fatal injuries when his motorcycle fell onto him near the intersection of North Sixth Street and West Main Street. Sergeant Fowler had pulled away on his motorcycle without kicking up his kickstand. As he turned, the kickstand became caught in streetcar tracks causing him to fall from the motorcycle. The motorcycle landed on top of Sergeant Fowler, fracturing his skull. Sergeant Fowler died four days later from the injury. Sergeant Fowler had served with the Louisville Police Department for four years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Fowler gave the Louisville Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Louisville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Fowler.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Platform Identity lpd.jefferson.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 11, 1939
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Louis 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 1939, 61 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 72nd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Louis was 34. 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. Louis had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

December holds 8.9% 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

Louisville Police Department has 91 officers remembered here, Louis among them.

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Where

Sergeant Louis F. Fowler

Louisville Police Department · End of Watch December 11, 1939

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 6-E

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