Frank Mansfield
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Patrolman

Frank Mansfield

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, MO
Accident
End of Watch December 16, 1918
Age 42
Tour of Duty 8 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Mansfield was killed when the patrol car he was riding in was involved in an accident.

Survivors

Patrolman Mansfield had been with the agency for eight months and was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Mansfield served with the Kansas City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Mansfield.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Kansas City, Cass County, MO
Platform Identity kcpd.jackson.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 16, 1918
Tour of Duty 8 mo
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Frank 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 1918, 39 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 108th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Frank was 42. 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. Frank had served 0.7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
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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
Weapons recorded
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His people

Kansas City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Frank among them.

Across the years

Patrolman Frank Mansfield

Kansas City Police Department · End of Watch December 16, 1918

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 59-W

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