Albert Leander Jacks
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Inspector

Albert Leander Jacks

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police — Pittsburgh, PA
Illness
End of Watch April 17, 1936
Age 47
Tour of Duty 22 yrs 8 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Inspector Albert Jacks died after contracting pneumonia from his rescue efforts during the St. Patrick's Day Flood.

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22 years. You could have gone home.
Inspector Jacks gave the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Jacks.

— 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 April 17, 1936
Tour of Duty 22 yrs 8 mo
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Albert is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% 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 1936, 4 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 29th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Albert was 47. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Albert had served 22.6 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

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

April holds 6.9% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Fridays: 14.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Inspector Albert Leander Jacks

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police · End of Watch April 17, 1936

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 32-W

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