Benjamin Alexander
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Lieutenant

Benjamin Alexander

Boston Police Department — Roxbury Crossing, MA
Accident
End of Watch July 4, 1925
Age 42
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Benjamin Alexander was killed when a building collapsed. He was trailing a pickpocket through Chinatown when a building at 6 Beach Street collapsed. A total of 44 people were killed in the collapse, including an off-duty police officer who was patronizing the business inside. Lieutenant Alexander had served with the Boston Police Department for 16 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and six children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Alexander gave the Boston Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Alexander.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Roxbury Crossing, Suffolk County, MA
Platform Identity bpd.suffolk.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 4, 1925
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Benjamin is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1925, 88 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 16th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Benjamin was 42. 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. Benjamin had served 16 years; 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

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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
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His people

Boston Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, Benjamin among them.

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Where

Lieutenant Benjamin Alexander

Boston Police Department · End of Watch July 4, 1925

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 14-E

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