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Joseph Arnold Le Jeune
Deputy Sheriff

Joseph Arnold Le Jeune

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department — Baton Rouge, LA
Felonious
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End of Watch December 31, 1925
Age 41
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 12

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Le Jeune was shot and mortally wounded by a man he was attempting to arrest for an attempted kidnapping on the north side of Weller Avenue in Dixie. Deputy Le Jeune died five days later. The suspect, who had escaped a mental institution, was arrested and committed to the state insane asylum. Deputy Le Jeune had served with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office for eight years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and seven children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Le Jeune gave the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baton Rouge community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Le Jeune.

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

Agency

Department East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department
Type Other
Location Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
Platform Identity ebrpso.ebr.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 31, 1925
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Joseph is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1925, 208 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 11th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Joseph was 41. 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. Joseph had served 8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Thursdays: 14%.

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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department has 13 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

Across the years

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Arnold Le Jeune

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department · End of Watch December 31, 1925

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 11-E

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