Roger L. McClung
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Police Officer

Roger L. McClung

Virginia Beach Police Department — Virginia Beach, VA
Accident
End of Watch December 19, 1968
Age 32
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Policel Officer Roger McClung and Detective Robert Monette drowned during a dive team training exercise in Lake Wesley. During the training a third trainee began to suffer trouble in the water. Detective Monette and Officer McClung saved the officer but drowned doing so. Officer McClung had served with the Virginia Beach Police Department for one year and had previously served with a neighboring agency.

Survivors

He was survived by his daughter.

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You barely got started.
Police Officer McClung gave the Virginia Beach Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Virginia Beach community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer McClung.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Virginia Beach, VA
Platform Identity vbpd.virginiabeach.va.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 19, 1968
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Roger is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1968, 100 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 6th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Roger was 32. 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. Roger had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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

Virginia Beach Police Department has 12 officers remembered here, Roger among them.

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Where

Police Officer Roger L. McClung

Virginia Beach Police Department · End of Watch December 19, 1968

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 1-W

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