Corporal

Anthony Cleary

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA
Felonious
End of Watch May 6, 1898
The Vigil Panel 14 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Corporal Anthony Cleary was shot and killed near the intersection of Perdido and South Rampart Streets by a man he attempted to arrest for robbery.

Minutes later the suspect shot and killed Patrolman Martin Trimp when he and several armed citizens trapped him in a barn. The citizens shot and killed the suspect.

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128 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Corporal Cleary served with the New Orleans Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Platform Identity nopd.orleans.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 6, 1898
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Anthony is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1898, 89 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 69th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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

New Orleans Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Anthony among them.

Across the years
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Where

Corporal Anthony Cleary

New Orleans Police Department · End of Watch May 6, 1898

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 44-W

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