Stuart H. Loding
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Police Officer

Stuart H. Loding

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Cardiac
End of Watch June 30, 1951
Age 47
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Loding suffered a fatal heart attack at about 1:40 p.m. while performing maintenance work on a police boat at the Harbor Master Station. He was attempting to pull the boat out of the water with a hoist and the combination of physical exertion and high levels of carbon monoxide caused him to suffer a heart attack. He was transported to the hospital where a subsequent heart attack resulted in hi death.

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22 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Loding gave the Detroit Police Department 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Loding.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 30, 1951
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Stuart 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 1951, 8 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 72nd heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Stuart was 47. 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. Stuart had served 22 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

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When

June holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Saturdays: 14.3%.

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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

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Stuart among them.

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Where

Police Officer Stuart H. Loding

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch June 30, 1951

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 15-W

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