Robert John Galloway
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Lieutenant

Robert John Galloway

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police — Pittsburgh, PA
Accident
End of Watch August 26, 1924
Age 47
Tour of Duty 19 yrs 2 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Robert Galloway succumbed to accidental gunshot to the neck two days earlier while responding to a call for help from Vice Squad Officers under attack at a tavern located at 114 Fourth Avenue. Lieutenant Galloway grabbed an individual during the brawl not realizing the individual was a plainclothes vice officer. The vice officer panicked and shot Lieutenant Galloway. He died in Allegheny General Hospital. Lieutenant Galloway had served with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police for 18 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, mother, and seven children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Galloway gave the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police 19 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Galloway.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Platform Identity pittpd.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 26, 1924
Tour of Duty 19 yrs 2 mo
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Robert 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 1924, 86 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 18th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Robert was 47. 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. Robert had served 19.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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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

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has 101 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

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Where

Lieutenant Robert John Galloway

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police · End of Watch August 26, 1924

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 10-E

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