Hoska Thompson
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Police Officer

Hoska Thompson

Navajo Division of Public Safety — Window Rock, AZ
Accident
End of Watch October 20, 1949
Age 60
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Hoska Thompson died of exposure while serving civil papers in the area of Sawmill, Arizona, on October 20th, 1949.

His body was found in the wooded area of Sawmill Road the following day.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Thompson served with the Navajo Division of Public Safety.
Thank you for your service to the Window Rock community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Thompson.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Window Rock, Apache County, AZ
Platform Identity ndpsdps.nn.tribal.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 20, 1949
Age 60
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Hoska is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1949, 45 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 103rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Hoska was 60. 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.

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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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

Navajo Division of Public Safety has 17 officers remembered here, Hoska among them.

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Where

Police Officer Hoska Thompson

Navajo Division of Public Safety · End of Watch October 20, 1949

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 10-W

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