Special Agent

Levi Gladstone Trexler

Accident
End of Watch March 31, 1933
Age 35
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Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent Levi Trexler was killed in an automobile accident while pursuing a bootlegging suspect in Rockingham County, North Carolina.

He and another agent were patrolling the county roads when they began pursuing a car suspected of transporting liquor. As they rounded a curve their vehicle went out of control and overturned. Agent Trexler suffered fatal injuries in the accident.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Trexler served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Trexler.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdjbpfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 31, 1933
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Accident

Levi 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 1933, 77 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 31st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Levi was 35. 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

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 6.9% of these deaths.

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His people

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Prohibition has 35 officers remembered here, Levi among them.

Special Agent Levi Gladstone Trexler

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Prohibition · End of Watch March 31, 1933

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 14-W

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