Jeter Young
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Police Officer

Jeter Young

Houston Police Department — Houston, TX
Felonious
End of Watch June 19, 1921
Age 34
The Vigil Panel 41 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Young was killed when a dairy truck struck his patrol car while on a call near the intersection of Preston Street and Louisiana Street. The patrol car flipped over twice killed Officer Young. The driver of the dairy truck was arrested and charged with negligent homicide.

Survivors

Officer Young was survived by his wife, three children his parents and five brothers.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Young served with the Houston Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Young.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Houston, Harris County, TX
Platform Identity hpd.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 19, 1921
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jeter 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 1921, 248 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jeter was 34. 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

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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 automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Houston Police Department has 117 officers remembered here, Jeter among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Jeter Young

Houston Police Department · End of Watch June 19, 1921

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 45-W

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