Samuel C. Marquardt
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Lieutenant

Samuel C. Marquardt

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Accident
End of Watch May 15, 1917
Age 33
Tour of Duty 7 yrs 9 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Marquardt was struck and killed by a train while conducting a training exercise on Seven Mile Road near Mt. Elliott Street. He and ten other officers were conducting training exercises with new department motorcycles when the accident occurred. Lieutenant Marquardt served with the Detroit Police Department for less than eight years. He was the nephew of Police Superindentent Ernest Marquardt.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Marquardt gave the Detroit Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Marquardt.

— 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 May 15, 1917
Tour of Duty 7 yrs 9 mo
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Samuel is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1917, 41 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 107th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Samuel was 33. 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. Samuel had served 7.7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

May holds 8.6% 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

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

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Where

Lieutenant Samuel C. Marquardt

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch May 15, 1917

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 15-W

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