Joshua Edwin Blyler
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Deputy Sheriff

Joshua Edwin Blyler

St. Johns County Sheriff's Office — St. Augustine, FL
Accident
End of Watch May 2, 2004
Age 20
Tour of Duty 10 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Joshua Blyler was killed in an automobile crash while responding to a 911 call at about 3:20 am.

Deputy Blyler had been dispatched to a theft at a convenience store but was diverted to a 911 hang-up call. He was driving his marked patrol car in a non-emergency mode when he lost control and struck a mailbox on Palm Valley Road just west of Bear Pen Road. He went into a drainage ditch, began to overturn, and struck a tree and power pole.

A team from St. John's County Fire Rescue witnessed the crash and worked to save Deputy Blyler, using the jaws of life to free him from the wreckage. Deputy Blyler was flown to Shands Jacksonville Hospital where he died shortly after 5 a.m.

Deputy Blyler had served with the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office for 10 months.

Survivors

He is survived by his parents and brother.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Blyler served with the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the St. Augustine community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Blyler.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location St. Augustine, FL
Platform Identity sjcso.stjohns.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 2, 2004
Tour of Duty 10 mo
Age 20
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Joshua is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2004, 72 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 43rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joshua was 20. 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. Joshua had served 0.8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

May holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 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

St. Johns County Sheriff's Office has 13 officers remembered here, Joshua among them.

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Where

Deputy Sheriff Joshua Edwin Blyler

St. Johns County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch May 2, 2004

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 28-E

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