Joseph Burman
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Sergeant

Joseph Burman

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH
Accident
End of Watch September 29, 1899
Age 46
Tour of Duty 3 yrs 3 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Joseph Burman was struck by a train and killed while on duty in Madisonville. While on patrol, Sergeant Burman was walking along the railroad tracks. He stepped on the westbound track when an eastbound train was passing. He did not see the train on the westbound track traveling 60 miles per hour. He was struck and died instantly. Sergeant Burman had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for over three years. He was preceded in death by his wife and child. He is buried at the St. Joseph New Cemetary in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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127 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Burman gave the Cincinnati Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 29, 1899
Tour of Duty 3 yrs 3 mo
Age 46
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Joseph is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1899, 15 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 129th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Joseph was 46. 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. Joseph had served 3.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

September holds 9.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Cincinnati Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

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Sergeant Joseph Burman

Cincinnati Police Department · End of Watch September 29, 1899

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 52-W

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