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August Schwind
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Police Officer

August Schwind

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department — St. Louis, MO
Accident
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End of Watch June 9, 1918
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
The Vigil Panel 34 ›
Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 175

Incident

Police Officer August Schwind succumbed to injuries sustained when he was thrown from his horse on Jefferson Drive near Clayton Avenue in Forest Park. He was returning to the Forest Park Station when his horse began to gallop. As he tried to get control of the horse he was thrown from it and suffered a fractured skull. He was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to the injuries four hours later. Officer Schwind had served with the agency for 21 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and son.

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21 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Schwind gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Schwind.

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

Agency

Department St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 9, 1918
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

August 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 1918, 39 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 108th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

August had served 21 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

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. 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

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, August among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer August Schwind

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch June 9, 1918

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 4-E

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