Police Officer

John Yelverton

Pensacola Police Department — Pensacola, FL
Felonious
End of Watch June 3, 1899
Age 43
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer John Yelverton was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man wanted for a shooting in Georgia. The suspect was arrested and sentenced to life in prison. He was denied a parole on December 22, 1914.

Officer Yelverton was survived by his wife and son.

Survivors

Officer Yelverton was survived by his wife and son.

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127 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Yelverton served with the Pensacola Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Pensacola community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Platform Identity ppd.escambia.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 3, 1899
Age 43
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

John is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1899, 90 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 66th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

John was 43. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun; unknown type, in 9.5% of these deaths.

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His people

Pensacola Police Department has 16 officers remembered here, John among them.

Police Officer John Yelverton

Pensacola Police Department · End of Watch June 3, 1899

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 19-E

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