Policeman

Neftali Feliciano-Colon

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Accident
End of Watch October 24, 1964
Age 30
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Gender Male

Incident

Policeman Feliciano-Colon and Policeman Angel Torres-Ortiz were killed in an automobile accident while on duty.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Policeman Feliciano-Colon served with the Puerto Rico Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Feliciano-Colon.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location San Juan, 127
Platform Identity prpd.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 24, 1964
Age 30
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Neftali is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1964, 68 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 54th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Neftali was 30. 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
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Puerto Rico Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Neftali among them.

Across the years

Policeman Neftali Feliciano-Colon

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch October 24, 1964

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 47-E

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