Claude Frederick Keesey
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Private

Claude Frederick Keesey

Pennsylvania State Police — Harrisburg, PA
Accident
End of Watch January 4, 1927
Age 23
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 5 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Private Claude Keesey was killed when his patrol vehicle skidded on the icy roadway along Baltimore Pike and struck a telephone pole at 10:45 p.m. He was searching for three boys who had escaped from Glen Mills School at Elwyn. Private Keesey had served with the Pennsylvania State Police for 17 months.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents.

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You barely got started.
Private Keesey gave the Pennsylvania State Police 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Private Keesey.

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

Agency

Type State Police
Location Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA
Platform Identity pasp.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 4, 1927
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 5 mo
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Claude 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.

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Time

In 1927, 114 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 2nd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Claude was 23. 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. Claude had served 1.4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. 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

Pennsylvania State Police has 87 officers remembered here, Claude among them.

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Where

Private Claude Frederick Keesey

Pennsylvania State Police · End of Watch January 4, 1927

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 26-W

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