Incident
Patrolman Sube died after contracting tetanus as a result of wound received while inspecting the security of a building on 4th Street. He was checking on a building, proceeding down a staircase, when the staircase collapsed. As a result of the fall, Patrolman Sube received a large splinter in his hand. The wound caused him to contract tetanus which he died of five days later. Patrolman Sube served with the Louisville Police Department for two years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Sube gave the Louisville Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Louisville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Sube.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Illness
Louisville Police Department has lost 91 officers; 3 of them lost to illness.
William is one of 21 officers lost to illness in KY, 2.1% of the 984 remembered there.
William is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,551 remembered there.
William is one of 2,979 officers lost to illness worldwide, 8.8% of the 33,917 remembered here.
33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1910, 1 officer in KY was lost to illness, the 5th heaviest of 6 years on record. The heaviest was 2020, with 7.
In 1910, 2 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 46th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.
In 1910, 7 officers worldwide were lost to illness, the 75th heaviest of 197 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 566.
Who
William was 40. Of the 21 lost to illness in KY whose age is recorded, half were between 40 and 63; the middle age was 50. William had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 11 years.
William was 40. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. William had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
William was 40. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49. William had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
When
June holds 4.8% of these deaths in KY; December holds the most, 23.8%. Sundays: 14.3%.
June holds 4.9% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Sundays: 14.2%.
June holds 6.1% of these deaths worldwide; October holds the most, 12.6%. Sundays: 13.2%.
How
Illness deaths account for 3.3% of all 91 deaths at Louisville Police Department, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 2.1% of all 984 deaths in KY, the 4th most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 8.8% of all 33,917 deaths worldwide, the 3rd most common cause.
His people
Louisville Police Department has 91 officers remembered here, William among them.
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George Coulter Aug 17, 1858
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Benjamin S. Rust Jan 15, 1862
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Edward Bond Sep 4, 1864
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Thomas J. McFadden Dec 29, 1865
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John O'Connell Jul 1, 1869
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Martin Roth Oct 29, 1877
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Edward B. Harding Dec 6, 1885
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Joseph Boyle
Oct 7, 1887
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James W. Jones
Aug 16, 1888
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Joseph Rosenberg
Aug 16, 1888
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George E. Roberts
Jul 7, 1890
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Birch Puff Nov 29, 1890
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Edward Byrnes Jul 4, 1895
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John T. O'Brien Nov 5, 1897
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Joseph J. Heffernan
Aug 14, 1898
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John Horan Nov 15, 1900
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Fred J. Richterkessing Apr 1, 1901
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James H. Purdon
Jul 27, 1901
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John Dolan
Dec 20, 1904
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Theodore C. Bossung
Nov 25, 1907
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Simon R. Cannon Dec 13, 1907
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Gustave Rosenberg
Apr 11, 1909
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William Murphy
Nov 19, 1909
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Frank Weber
May 23, 1910
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William T. Sube Jun 5, 1910
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Michael J. Baldwin
Aug 11, 1911
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Edward J. Stephens Sep 6, 1912
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Harvey Dennis Hand Sep 11, 1914
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John George Fow
Feb 18, 1917
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Thomas J. Fitzgibbons
Apr 10, 1918
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Ernest H. Thornhill
Nov 30, 1918
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Thomas Martin Giltner
Jun 2, 1919
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John G. Tyler Aug 3, 1920
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James E. Elder Sep 1, 1921
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George Griffths Pfeiffer
Jul 18, 1923
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Charles Oglesby Daily
Sep 12, 1923
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Ralph L. Croxton
Apr 1, 1924
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James Milton England Sep 1, 1926
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Walter Vance
Aug 25, 1927
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Lawrence J. Mialback
Oct 4, 1927
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Frank H. Wilke
Mar 25, 1928
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Thomas D. McNichols May 5, 1928
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Robert Emmett McGalin
Aug 25, 1929
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William Freeman Newcome Sep 14, 1929
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John Gruber Jan 27, 1930
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Harold D. Boyer
Jan 31, 1931
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Basil Duke Offutt
Jan 31, 1931
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William Leath Mulligan
Apr 12, 1932
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Edward Earl Parr
Apr 12, 1932
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William D. Woods Nov 25, 1933
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Saxton Helm Dutschke Apr 8, 1934
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Clarence Quinton Evans
Apr 9, 1934
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Eugene M. Hagan Sep 28, 1934
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John Wesley Carpenter Apr 29, 1935
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John Holzknecht Jan 13, 1937
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Lawrence W. Claycomb
Jan 28, 1937
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Willis Arthur Coy
Feb 11, 1937
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Frederick Strother Barton
Aug 3, 1937
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Walter Davis Mazzie, Jr.
Jan 5, 1939
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Louis F. Fowler
Dec 11, 1939
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William Kelly Burge
Sep 25, 1940
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William Thomas Kinney
Feb 10, 1942
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James Leslie Hedgepeth
Feb 12, 1942
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William Preston Bryant
Aug 18, 1943
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Auldon LeGrande
Dec 10, 1946
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John Harlan Hawthorne
Jan 22, 1947
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Andrew Miller
May 8, 1948
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John Harold Tennyson
Aug 14, 1949
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John Arthur Lawson
Oct 4, 1950
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John Patrick Minogue
Oct 5, 1952
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Edward P. Nowakowski
Jul 10, 1957
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William Lawrence Long, Sr.
Oct 4, 1958
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Orville Chancy Trinkle, Jr.
Mar 29, 1960
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Cosby Harris Whitted, Jr.
Aug 23, 1963
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James Francis Sansbury
Feb 21, 1965
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William Frederick Meyer
Sep 1, 1967
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Joseph Lloyd Price
Nov 29, 1967
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Donald W. Gaskin
Dec 30, 1969
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James Riley Ratliff
Dec 30, 1969
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Wilbur Hayes
May 2, 1971
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John W. Schaefer, Jr.
May 2, 1971
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Raymond Stetson Oyler, Jr.
May 8, 1971
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Tommy Ray
Apr 20, 1973
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Jonah Darrell Cox
Feb 23, 1974
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Gwendolyn Ann Downs
May 16, 1977
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Albert Berry Sallee, Jr.
May 12, 1979
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James Morgan, Sr.
May 14, 1979
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Ronnie Earl Seelye
Jan 27, 1981
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Ricky Allen LaFollette
Aug 18, 1983
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Alton P. Embry, Jr.
May 7, 1988
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Bobby W. Branham
May 14, 2013
Where
Where the Name Is Cut
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