Incident
Officer Gilbert Horton suffered a fatal heart attack after having to physically remove a drunk and disorderly woman from a train at Union Station.
Officer Horton had served with the Portland Police Bureau for 35 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and one child.
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35 years. You could have gone home.
Officer Horton gave the Portland Police Bureau 35 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Portland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Horton.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Cardiac
Portland Police Bureau has lost 31 officers; 1 of them lost to cardiac events.
Gilbert is one of 11 officers lost to cardiac events in OR, 5.6% of the 197 remembered there.
Gilbert is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% of the 27,551 remembered there.
Gilbert is one of 1,309 officers lost to cardiac events worldwide, 3.8% of the 34,102 remembered here.
34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1946, 1 officer in OR was lost to cardiac events, more than in any other year.
In 1946, 9 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 68th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.
In 1946, 10 officers worldwide were lost to cardiac events, the 61st heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.
Who
Gilbert was 65. Of the 10 lost to cardiac events in OR whose age is recorded, half were between 44 and 54; the middle age was 49.5. Gilbert had served 35 years; the middle length of service was 24.5 years.
Gilbert was 65. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Gilbert had served 35 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.
Gilbert was 65. Of the 1,251 lost to cardiac events worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 42.5 and 55; the middle age was 48. Gilbert had served 35 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.
When
December holds 18.2% of these deaths in OR, more than any other month. Mondays: 18.2%.
December holds 8.5% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Mondays: 12.9%.
December holds 8.5% of these deaths worldwide; January holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13%.
How
Cardiac deaths account for 3.2% of all 31 deaths at Portland Police Bureau, the 4th most common cause.
Cardiac deaths account for 5.6% of all 197 deaths in OR, the 3rd most common cause.
Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.
Cardiac deaths account for 3.8% of all 34,102 deaths worldwide, the 4th most common cause.
His people
Portland Police Bureau has 31 officers remembered here, Gilbert among them.
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Thomas G. O'Connor
Aug 30, 1867
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Charles F. Schoppe
Jun 13, 1874
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Samuel Smyth Young
Sep 23, 1908
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Albert W. Moe
Jan 9, 1914
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James R. White
Nov 17, 1914
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Ralph H. Stahl
Jan 27, 1915
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James C. Gill
Nov 30, 1915
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John J. McCarthy
Jul 21, 1916
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Andrew James Laugeson
May 12, 1917
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Glenn Logan Litzenberg
Apr 19, 1918
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Peter Walter Jost Oct 22, 1918
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Jerome Palmer
Nov 17, 1920
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James David Wright
Jan 21, 1923
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Robert E. Drake
Oct 11, 1930
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Charles M. White
Jun 30, 1934
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Phillip R. Johnson
May 19, 1941
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Charles E. Vincent
Mar 22, 1942
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James A. Hines
Nov 4, 1945
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Gilbert Haven Horton
Dec 23, 1946
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Roy Edward Mizner
Feb 18, 1956
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Vernon Jacob Stroeder
Feb 18, 1956
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Roger L. Davies
Apr 18, 1961
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Robert Paul Murray
May 2, 1962
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Robert R. Ferron, Jr.
May 23, 1964
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Stephen Michael Owens
Sep 23, 1973
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Dennis Allen Darden
Aug 9, 1974
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David Wayne Crowther
Dec 27, 1979
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Stanley Dale Pounds
Jul 18, 1984
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Thomas Layton Jeffries
Jul 21, 1997
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Colleen Ann Waibel
Jan 27, 1998
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Kirk Robert Huffstetler
May 26, 2002
Where
Where the Name Is Cut
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 48-E
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