Jeff C. Couch
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Officer

Jeff C. Couch

Fort Worth Police Department — Fort Worth, TX
Felonious
End of Watch December 20, 1920
Age 25
Tour of Duty 2 mo
The Vigil Panel 40 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Jeff Couch was shot and killed while on duty. The suspect was arrested and charged with murder. That night an angry mob of 25 men took the suspect from the jail and hung him from a tree and shot him.

Officer Couch had been with the agency for 2 months. He was survived by his wife, daughter and stepdaughter. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter and stepdaughter.

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

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Fort Worth, Denton County, TX
Platform Identity fwpd.tarrant.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 20, 1920
Tour of Duty 2 mo
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jeff is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1920, 209 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 9th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jeff was 25. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Jeff had served 0.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Mondays: 13.8%.

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By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Fort Worth Police Department has 59 officers remembered here, Jeff among them.

Across the years

Officer Jeff C. Couch

Fort Worth Police Department · End of Watch December 20, 1920

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 37-E

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