Deputy Sheriff

Roy Bower Hazen

Accident
End of Watch March 9, 1944
Age 53
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Hazen and Deputy Gordon Brinthaupt where killed when their department vehicle slid on ice and flipped over.

Survivors

Deputy Hazen was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Hazen served with the Chemung County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Elmira community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Hazen.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Elmira, Chemung County, NY
Platform Identity ccso.chemung.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 9, 1944
Age 53
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Roy 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 1944, 48 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 99th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Roy was 53. 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

March holds 7.4% 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.

Every cause
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His people

Chemung County Sheriff's Department has 4 officers remembered here, Roy among them.

Deputy Sheriff Roy Bower Hazen

Chemung County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch March 9, 1944

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 42-W

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