Deputy Sheriff

Thomas Lee Wojtowicz

Accident
End of Watch November 12, 1968
Age 27
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Wojtowicz was killed in an automobile accident while on patrol. Deputy Wojtowicz had served with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office for one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, mother, and two brothers.

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You barely got started.
Deputy Sheriff Wojtowicz gave the Wayne County Sheriff's Office 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Wojtowicz.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity wcso.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 12, 1968
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 27
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Thomas 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 1968, 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

Thomas was 27. 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. Thomas had served 1 year; 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

November holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

By month
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
Weapons recorded
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His people

Wayne County Sheriff's Department has 14 officers remembered here, Thomas among them.

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Lee Wojtowicz

Wayne County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch November 12, 1968

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 43-E

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