Joseph Duas Landry
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Joseph Duas Landry

Houston Police Department — Houston, TX
Accident
End of Watch December 3, 1930
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Joseph Landry succumbed to injuries sustained the previous day in a motorcycle crash while stopping a car on Tuam Street near Genesee Street. His motorcycle struck the back of the vehicle he was stopping as the driver slowed to turn into a parking lot.

Survivors

Officer Landry was survived by his wife, parents, sister, and three brothers.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Houston, Harris County, TX
Platform Identity hpd.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 3, 1930
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Joseph is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1930, 113 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 3rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joseph was 35. 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.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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How

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

Every cause
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His people

Houston Police Department has 117 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

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Where

Officer Joseph Duas Landry

Houston Police Department · End of Watch December 3, 1930

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 12-E

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