Pierce Lee Reeves
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Pierce Lee Reeves

Mobile Police Department — Mobile, AL
Accident
End of Watch September 24, 1944
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Pierce Reeves was killed in an accident when his motorcycle struck an open manhole on Virginia Street at Tuttle Avenue.

Officer Reeves had been employed with the Mobile Police Department for four years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Reeves gave the Mobile Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Mobile community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Reeves.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Mobile, Mobile County, AL
Platform Identity mpd.mobile.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 24, 1944
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Pierce is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1944, 48 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 99th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Pierce had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

September holds 9.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Mobile Police Department has 23 officers remembered here, Pierce among them.

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Where

Officer Pierce Lee Reeves

Mobile Police Department · End of Watch September 24, 1944

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 15-E

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