Martin Kilroy
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Police Officer

Martin Kilroy

Accident
End of Watch August 19, 1913
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Kilroy was killed when he and his horse was struck by an automobile while on mounted patrol. He and two other officers were crossing the Kingshighwy viaduct and checking on a disabled car when another car entered the area at a high rate of speed. The vehicle struck Officer Kilroy's horse, knocking him to ground and causing fatal injuries. The driver of the vehicle was brought to trial but acquitted by a jury.

Survivors

Officer Kilroy was survived by his wife and four children.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 19, 1913
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Martin 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 1913, 35 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 112th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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When

August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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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

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Martin among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Martin Kilroy

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch August 19, 1913

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 3-E

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