David Hall
Officer

David Hall

Wilmington Police Department — Wilmington, NC
Accident
End of Watch November 7, 1949
Age 29
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Hall succumbed to injuries received in a motorcycle accident 11 days earlier. He was attempting to pass a truck when the truck swerved into his lane and struck him.

Survivors

Officer Hall was survived by his wife.

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

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC
Platform Identity wpd.newhanover.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 7, 1949
Age 29
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

David 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 1949, 45 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 103rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

David was 29. 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

November holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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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

Wilmington Police Department has 12 officers remembered here, David among them.

Officer David Hall

Wilmington Police Department · End of Watch November 7, 1949

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 30-E

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