Howard A. Booth
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Police Officer

Howard A. Booth

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Accident
End of Watch July 9, 1937
Age 37
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Badge 80
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Booth was electrocuted as he assisted in efforts to remove a young man from a vehicle upon which a live wire had fallen during a storm. Officer Booth came into contact with the 4,300-volt wire and was killed at the scene at Holcomb and Gratiot Avenue. Officer Booth had served with the Detroit Police Department for 11 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Booth gave the Detroit Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Booth.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 9, 1937
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Age 37
Badge Number 80
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Howard 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 1937, 95 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 10th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Howard was 37. 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. Howard had served 11 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%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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
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His people

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Howard among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Howard A. Booth

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch July 9, 1937

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 25-E

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