Orville A. Preuster
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Inspector

Orville A. Preuster

Felonious
End of Watch March 1, 1925
Age 42
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Gender Male

Incident

Inspector Orville Preuster was killed when a bomb was placed in his vehicle at his home at 2115 10th Street in Niagara Falls, New York.

The bomb detonated when he pressed the starter in his car. Inspector Preuster was targeted because of his efforts in combating liquor smuggling along the Canadian border.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector Preuster served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Preuster.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdtuscsfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 1, 1925
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Explosives

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Orville is one of 15,741 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.2% of the 27,543 remembered there.

33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1925, 208 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 11th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Orville was 42. Of the 14,215 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

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

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.2% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was explosives, in 0.3% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service has 94 officers remembered here, Orville among them.

Across the years
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Where

Inspector Orville A. Preuster

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service · End of Watch March 1, 1925

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 20-W

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