Joseph H. Enos
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Police Officer

Joseph H. Enos

Peoria Police Department — Peoria, IL
Accident
End of Watch January 13, 1916
Age 65
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Joseph Enos was shot and killed when his revolver fell from the seat of the police ambulance that he was driving. The pistol discharged when it struck the floorboard and the round struck Officer Enos.

Survivors

Officer Enos was survived by his wife and four children.

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

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Peoria, Peoria County, IL
Platform Identity ppd.peoria.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 13, 1916
Age 65
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Joseph is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1916, 48 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 99th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Joseph was 65. 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.

Age at death
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When

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Thursdays: 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

Peoria Police Department has 15 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

Police Officer Joseph H. Enos

Peoria Police Department · End of Watch January 13, 1916

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 14-W

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