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Joseph Daniel Benedict

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Joseph Daniel Benedict

Birth
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Death
13 Feb 1948 (aged 39)
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Burial
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.33455, Longitude: -76.5665139
Plot
St. Edward
Memorial ID
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BALTIMORE CITY POLICE OFFICER
SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

MEDAL OF HONOR POSTHUMOUSLY

Off. Benedict and his partner were on routine patrol in the area where several taxicab robberies had occurred. They spotted a cab with a passenger at 33rd Street & Loch Raven Blvd. and stopped the cab to see if everything was ok. As soon as Off. Benedict approached the cab the passenger swung open his door and shot Off. Benedict in the chest. The suspect escaped in a hail of gunfire from Off. Benedict's partner. He was apprehended a week later in the 100 block of S. Washington Street. Off. Benedict was survived by his expectant wife Lillian and 3 sons.

HE IS HONORED ON THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL WALL PANEL 11W LINE 11

WE HONOR HIS MEMORY SO HE IS NEVER FORGOTTEN.
BALTIMORE CITY POLICE OFFICER
SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

MEDAL OF HONOR POSTHUMOUSLY

Off. Benedict and his partner were on routine patrol in the area where several taxicab robberies had occurred. They spotted a cab with a passenger at 33rd Street & Loch Raven Blvd. and stopped the cab to see if everything was ok. As soon as Off. Benedict approached the cab the passenger swung open his door and shot Off. Benedict in the chest. The suspect escaped in a hail of gunfire from Off. Benedict's partner. He was apprehended a week later in the 100 block of S. Washington Street. Off. Benedict was survived by his expectant wife Lillian and 3 sons.

HE IS HONORED ON THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL WALL PANEL 11W LINE 11

WE HONOR HIS MEMORY SO HE IS NEVER FORGOTTEN.


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