Robert H. Morgan
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Police Officer

Robert H. Morgan

Long Beach Police Department — Long Beach, CA
Accident
End of Watch November 2, 1950
Age 30
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Morgan succumbed to injuries sustained three days earlier in a motorcycle accident. He was attempting to stop a traffic violator when another car turned left in front of him at New York Street and Atlantic Avenue. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries three days later.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lbpd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 2, 1950
Age 30
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 1950, 58 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 77th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Robert was 30. 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.

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When

November holds 8.4% 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.

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His people

Long Beach Police Department has 28 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

Police Officer Robert H. Morgan

Long Beach Police Department · End of Watch November 2, 1950

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 30-E

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