John B. Bealefeld
Police Officer

John B. Bealefeld

Baltimore Police Department — Baltimore, MD
Illness
End of Watch September 10, 1945
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Bealefeld died of an embolism cause by an injury he received while on duty. Officer Bealefeld had been with the agency for 16 years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Bealefeld gave the Baltimore City Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Bealefeld.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Baltimore, MD
Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 10, 1945
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

John is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% 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 1945, 1 officer in the United States was lost to illness, the 75th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

John had served 16 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
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When

September holds 11.2% 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.

Every cause
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His people

Baltimore Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, John among them.

Across the years

Police Officer John B. Bealefeld

Baltimore Police Department · End of Watch September 10, 1945

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 29-E

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