Joe Thomas Frazer
Marshal

Joe Thomas Frazer

Winnfield Police Department — Winnfield, LA
Felonious
End of Watch November 1, 1919
Age 39
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Gender Male

Incident

Marshal Joe Frazer was shot and killed by a drunk man he was escorting home.

The subject was convicted of his murder, but the conviction was overturned on appeal.

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

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA
Platform Identity wpd.winn.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 1, 1919
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Joe is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1919, 212 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 7th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joe was 39. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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His people

Winnfield Police Department has 3 officers remembered here, Joe among them.

Marshal Joe Thomas Frazer

Winnfield Police Department · End of Watch November 1, 1919

Where the Name Is Cut

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