Thomas J. Hanlin
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Thomas J. Hanlin

Washington State Patrol — Olympia, WA
Accident
End of Watch May 26, 1945
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Hanlin succumbed to injuries received five years earlier when he was involved in an accident while responding to an accident on the Mount Baker Highway near Derning. Patrolman Hanlin's paddy wagon slid on the snowy road surface and overturned. Patrolman Hanlin suffered a head injury which resulted in his hospitalization and death.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Hanlin served with the Washington State Patrol.
Thank you for your service to the people of Washington. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Hanlin.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Olympia, Thurston County, WA
Platform Identity whp.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 26, 1945
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Thomas 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 1945, 62 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 70th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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When

May holds 8.6% 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.

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His people

Washington State Patrol has 34 officers remembered here, Thomas among them.

Patrolman Thomas J. Hanlin

Washington State Patrol · End of Watch May 26, 1945

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 50-E

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