Jacob Benner
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Patrolman

Jacob Benner

Denver Police Department — Denver, CO
Illness
End of Watch February 14, 1938
Age 28
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Jacob Benner succumbed to complications from an injury sustained three months earlier.

On November 6, 1937, he and several other officers raided an illegal gambling den in the city. As Patrolman Benner climbed onto a table one of his legs went through it. Several days later Patrolman Benner went to a local hospital where doctors discovered that he had ruptured a blood vessel in the leg and contracted blood poisoning. He died as a result of the blood poisoning on February 14, 1938.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Benner gave the Denver Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Denver community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Benner.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Denver, Denver County, CO
Platform Identity dpd.denver.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 14, 1938
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Duty related illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Jacob is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1938, 3 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 33rd heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jacob was 28. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Jacob had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
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When

February holds 6.1% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Mondays: 14.2%.

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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

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His people

Denver Police Department has 74 officers remembered here, Jacob among them.

Across the years

Patrolman Jacob Benner

Denver Police Department · End of Watch February 14, 1938

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 23-E

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