Police Officer

Elijah A. Brewer

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA
Illness
End of Watch November 1, 1904
Age 57
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Elijah Brewer died after he suffered a ruptured blood vessel moments after he and his partner lifted an ill woman.

He was taken to the hospital where he died later that evening.

Officer Brewer was assigned to the Twelfth District.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 1, 1904
Age 57
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Elijah is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% 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 1904, 2 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 46th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Elijah was 57. 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.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

November holds 7.8% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Tuesdays: 13.3%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Philadelphia Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Elijah among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Elijah A. Brewer

Philadelphia Police Department · End of Watch November 1, 1904

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 27-E

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