James A. Hollinger
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Operative

James A. Hollinger

Cardiac
End of Watch July 26, 1936
Age 51
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Operative James Hollinger suffered a fatal heart attack while on a presidential protective assignment protecting President Franklin D. Roosevelt during a cruising trip off the coast of Maine. He was aboard the USCGC Pontchartrain traveling between Bar Harbor and Eastport when he died. Operative Hollinger had served with the United States Secret Service for nine years and was assigned to the Columbus, Ohio, Field Office.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Operative Hollinger gave the United States Department of the Treasury 9 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Operative Hollinger.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdtusssfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 26, 1936
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

James is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% 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 1936, 9 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 68th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

James was 51. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. James had served 9 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

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When

July holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Sundays: 13.9%.

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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.

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His people

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Secret Service has 26 officers remembered here, James among them.

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Where

Operative James A. Hollinger

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Secret Service · End of Watch July 26, 1936

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 25-E

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