Benjamin F. Cravatt
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Detective

Benjamin F. Cravatt

Oklahoma City Police Department — Oklahoma City, OK
Felonious
End of Watch July 16, 1954
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Gender Male

Incident

Detective Cravatt was shot and killed when he and his partner attempted to stop a robbery in progress. Detective Cravatt and his partner were staking out a grocery store when robbers entered. As Detective Cravatt entered the store he exchanged gunfire with the suspects. Detective Cravatt was fatally wounded. Members of the hold up team were apprehended. One suspect was convicted of first degree murder and executed in the electric chair January 18, 1956.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Cravatt served with the Oklahoma City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Oklahoma City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Cravatt.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Oklahoma City, Canadian County, OK
Platform Identity opd.oklahoma.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 16, 1954
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Benjamin 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 1954, 76 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 92nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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

Oklahoma City Police Department has 33 officers remembered here, Benjamin among them.

Detective Benjamin F. Cravatt

Oklahoma City Police Department · End of Watch July 16, 1954

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 28-W

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