Robert Anton Mayer
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Robert Anton Mayer

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA
Accident
End of Watch September 2, 1971
Age 25
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Badge 6969
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Robert Mayer was killed in a motorcycle accident when his front wheel started wobbling at a high speed. Officer Mayer had been with the California Highway Patrol for three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife of three weeks and his parents.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Mayer gave the California Highway Patrol 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Mayer.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Sacramento, CA
Platform Identity chp.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 2, 1971
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 25
Badge Number 6969
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Robert 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 1971, 79 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 29th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Robert was 25. 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. Robert had served 3 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

September holds 9.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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
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His people

California Highway Patrol has at least 120 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

Across the years

Officer Robert Anton Mayer

California Highway Patrol · End of Watch September 2, 1971

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 56-W

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