Benjamin Derek Wallace
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Master Trooper

Benjamin Derek Wallace

Cardiac
End of Watch November 2, 2018
Age 45
Tour of Duty 10 yrs 7 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Master Trooper Benjamin Wallace suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after assisting at the scene of an accident with injuries on NC 242.

He completed his shift and returned home where he suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after midnight.

Trooper Wallace had served with the North Carolina Highway Patrol for 10-1/2 years.

Survivors

He is survived by one child.

In Our Keeping

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Master Trooper Wallace gave the North Carolina Highway Patrol 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Master Trooper Wallace.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Raleigh, NC
Platform Identity nchp.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 2, 2018
Tour of Duty 10 yrs 7 mo
Age 45
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac
Cause Detail Heart attack

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Benjamin is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% 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 2018, 20 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 10th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Benjamin was 45. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Benjamin had served 10.6 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

November holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Fridays: 15.8%.

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By day of the week
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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

North Carolina Highway Patrol has 69 officers remembered here, Benjamin among them.

Across the years
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Where

Master Trooper Benjamin Derek Wallace

North Carolina Highway Patrol · End of Watch November 2, 2018

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 4-E

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