William Paul Spigener
Incident
Federal Prohibition Agent William Spigener succumbed to injuries sustained six weeks earlier when he was involved in an automobile accident in Savannah, Georgia.
Survivors
Agent Spigener was survived by his wife.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Federal Prohibition Agent Spigener served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Federal Prohibition Agent Spigener.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Accident
United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit has lost 59 officers; 11 of them lost to accidents.
William is one of 453 officers lost to accidents in DC, 31.9% of the 1,419 remembered there.
William is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.
William is one of 10,100 officers lost to accidents worldwide, 29.8% of the 33,917 remembered here.
33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1924, 4 officers at United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit were lost to accidents, more than in any other year.
In 1924, 6 officers in DC were lost to accidents, the 11th heaviest of 125 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 14.
In 1924, 86 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 18th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.
In 1924, 98 officers worldwide were lost to accidents, the 23rd heaviest of 200 years on record. The heaviest was 1930, with 131.
Who
William was 59. Of the 8 lost to accidents at United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit whose age is recorded, half were between 27.8 and 52.3; the middle age was 41.5.
William was 59. Of the 425 lost to accidents in DC whose age is recorded, half were between 30 and 46; the middle age was 38.
William was 59. 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.
William was 59. Of the 9,451 lost to accidents worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 45; the middle age was 36.
When
December holds 18.2% of these deaths at United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit; June holds the most, 27.3%. Tuesdays: 18.2%.
December holds 8.4% of these deaths in DC; July holds the most, 10.6%. Tuesdays: 13.9%.
December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.
December holds 8.9% of these deaths worldwide; August holds the most, 9.3%. Tuesdays: 14%.
How
Accident deaths account for 18.6% of all 59 deaths at United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 31.9% of all 1,419 deaths in DC, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 29.8% of all 33,917 deaths worldwide, the 2nd most common cause.
His people
United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit has 59 officers remembered here, William among them.
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William Daniel Dorsey
Jun 13, 1920
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Frank Matuskowitz
Jun 30, 1920
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Stanton E. Weiss
Aug 28, 1920
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James Holland Rose
Oct 25, 1920
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Kirby Frans
Nov 20, 1920
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Wiliam B. Anderson Dec 2, 1920
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Richard D. Griffin Dec 6, 1920
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Richard W. Jackson
Dec 16, 1920
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James Francis McGuiness
Dec 24, 1920
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Ernest Walter Walker
Mar 5, 1921
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Stafford E. Beckett
Mar 21, 1921
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Jacob F. Green
Apr 1, 1921
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Irby U. Scruggs
Apr 30, 1921
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John Watson
May 2, 1921
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Charles Edward Howell Jul 17, 1921
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John Harvey Reynolds
Aug 26, 1921
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John T. Foley
Oct 26, 1921
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Jesse R. Johnson Nov 21, 1921
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John O'Toole Feb 17, 1922
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Joseph William Floyd
May 17, 1922
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Charles O. Sterner Jun 25, 1922
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Howell J. Lynch
Jul 6, 1922
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Howard Henry Fisher
Jul 22, 1922
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Cary Dorsey Freeman Jul 22, 1922
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Ernest George Wiggins
Aug 6, 1922
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Glenn Henry Price Sep 3, 1922
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Grover C. Todd Sep 3, 1922
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Joseph Owen
Sep 6, 1922
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John Van Waters
Oct 4, 1922
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Robert E. Duff, Sr. Dec 9, 1922
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Elmer Guy Cole
Dec 15, 1922
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Atha Carter
Dec 24, 1922
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Burdette M. Huffaker Jan 12, 1923
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Jesse Leroy Youmans
Apr 3, 1923
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Robert G. Anderson Apr 16, 1923
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George H. Stewart
Nov 11, 1923
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William B. Saylor
Feb 24, 1924
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Bert R. McMichael May 23, 1924
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Horatio J. Stetson
Jun 29, 1924
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Daniel S. Cleveland Jul 10, 1924
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Theodore Harrison Chunn Nov 19, 1924
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William Paul Spigener Dec 9, 1924
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Malcolm Malachi Day
Feb 14, 1925
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James Edmund Bowdoin
Feb 16, 1925
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William Edwin Collins
Mar 6, 1925
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Harold Vincent Mooring
Apr 1, 1925
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Clyde L. Taylor
May 11, 1925
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William Frank Porter
Jun 20, 1925
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John M. Mulcahy
Sep 3, 1925
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Murdock E. Murray
Oct 20, 1925
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Dallas Adelbert Roberts Jan 20, 1926
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Remus W. Buckner May 12, 1926
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Thomas Bright Lankford May 26, 1926
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Vaughn Eccles Grant Jun 1, 1926
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George Hamilton Wentworth Nov 24, 1926
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Jacob P. Brandt
Dec 9, 1926
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Walter Chapman Mobray Dec 9, 1926
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Horace Thorwaldson
Dec 19, 1926
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George W. Dykeman Jan 14, 1927
Where the Name Is Cut
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