Walter N. Clark
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Police Officer

Walter N. Clark

Tulsa Police Department — Tulsa, OK
Felonious
End of Watch December 10, 1936
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Walter Clark succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained five weeks earlier during a shootout with a robbery suspect. The suspect was also shot and killed.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Tulsa, Osage County, OK
Platform Identity tpd.tulsa.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 10, 1936
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Walter is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1936, 136 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 31st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Thursdays: 14%.

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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.

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His people

Tulsa Police Department has 42 officers remembered here, Walter among them.

Police Officer Walter N. Clark

Tulsa Police Department · End of Watch December 10, 1936

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 29-W

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