James F. Stamback
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Officer

James F. Stamback

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA
Accident
End of Watch March 23, 1964
Age 39
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Badge 1831
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer James Stamback succumbed to injuries received 13 days earlier when he was struck by a tractor-trailer on Auburn Avenue near Manzanita Avenue. He had stopped a logging truck near Sacramento because its load was extended past the legal limit. As he was talking to the driver of the truck, another semi entered the area and struck his patrol car, causing it to strike the original truck and Officer Stamback. He was transported to Mercy Hospital Officer Stamback had served with the California Highway Patrol for nine years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two stepdaughters, his father, and four sisters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Stamback gave the California Highway Patrol 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Stamback.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Sacramento, CA
Platform Identity chp.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 23, 1964
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 39
Badge Number 1831
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

James 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 1964, 68 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 54th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

James was 39. 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. James had served 9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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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

California Highway Patrol has at least 120 officers remembered here, James among them.

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Where

Officer James F. Stamback

California Highway Patrol · End of Watch March 23, 1964

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 63-E

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