John F. Lynch
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Police Officer

John F. Lynch

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Cardiac
End of Watch August 19, 1982
Age 46
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Badge 11189
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer John Lynch died after suffering a massive heart attack while transporting a deceased person from a home on the 1100 block of West Marquette Road. He and his partner were assigned to process a deceased body that was inside a residence. They carried the body from the house to the squadrol on a portable stretcher and then into the hospital to be pronounced by a doctor. Once inside the hospital emergency room, Officer Lynch suffered a massive heart attack and could not be revived.

Survivors

Officer John Lynch is survived by his wife and three children.

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20 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Lynch gave the Chicago Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Lynch.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chicago, Cook County, IL
Platform Identity cpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 19, 1982
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 46
Badge Number 11189
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

John is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% 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 1982, 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

John was 46. 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. John had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

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

August holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Thursdays: 14.5%.

By month
By day of the week
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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.

Every cause
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His people

Chicago Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, John among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer John F. Lynch

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch August 19, 1982

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 48-E

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