Elber Dell Warren
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Elber Dell Warren

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA
Accident
End of Watch January 24, 1931
Age 33
Tour of Duty 11 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Elber Warren was killed in a motorcycle accident while on duty. Officer Warren had served with the California Highway Patrol for less than a year. He was survived by his wife, daughter, father, and three brothers. He is interred in Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, father, and three brothers.

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

— 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 January 24, 1931
Tour of Duty 11 mo
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Elber 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 1931, 100 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 6th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Elber was 33. 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. Elber had served 0.9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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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

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

Across the years

Officer Elber Dell Warren

California Highway Patrol · End of Watch January 24, 1931

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 13-W

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