Edward Billings Webb
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Special Agent

Edward Billings Webb

Felonious
End of Watch October 9, 1926
Age 36
The Vigil Panel 118 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent Ted Webb succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day when he was shot by a suspected bootlegger at Sunderland Hollow in Colchester, Vermont. He and his partner had stopped the vehicle after following it from Swanton. They were preparing to search it when the occupant shot both officers. The suspect was apprehended in New York a few days later. On November 30, 1926, the suspect, 35, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life. On December 20, 1949, he was paroled.

Survivors

Special Agent Webb was survived by his wife and three children.

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

— 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 October 9, 1926
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Edward is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1926, 209 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 9th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Edward was 36. Of the 14,220 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

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Special Agent Edward Billings Webb

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service · End of Watch October 9, 1926

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 18-W

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