Raymond E. Grant
Agency patch
Officer

Raymond E. Grant

Metropolitan Police Department — Washington, DC
Accident
End of Watch August 14, 1939
Age 29
Tour of Duty 8 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Grant was killed in a motorcycle accident on a curve on Loughboro Road, NW, while responding to a prowler call. Another officer who was following him in a patrol car took him to Georgetown Hospital where he died a short time later. Officer Grant had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for eight months and was assigned to the Seventh Precinct.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
neuraspine_01krbxtmxzepnnvty1m54ybcy8
Stewardship
Maintained by NeuraWeb Global Inc.
Added to badge.nw
August 2, 2026
Last updated
August 2, 2026

Honored here by 1 tribute.

Are you family? This record can be claimed and maintained by those who knew Raymond. Claim this record.

This page is permanent and free. No fee to view it, no advertising, no tracking, and no account required. It will not be taken down.

Tributes

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity mpdc.dc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 14, 1939
Tour of Duty 8 mo
Age 29
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Raymond 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.

  1. See the roll
  2. See the roll
Compare against
I

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
II

Who

Raymond was 29. 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. Raymond had served 0.7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
III

When

August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Mondays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
IV

How

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

Every cause
Weapons recorded
V

His people

Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Raymond among them.

Across the years
VI

Where

Officer Raymond E. Grant

Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch August 14, 1939

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 38-E

↑