JOSEPH P MCCORMACK

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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 5-W: 3
Department: New York City, New York, P.D.
End of Watch: February 10, 1944
Cause: SHOT
Age: 47
Years of Service: 2
Description: Officer McCormack was shot in the back when guarding a notorious gang of bandits on May 17, 1927. Officer McCormack lost the use of his legs due to spinal injury. He never fully recovered and his health steadily declined until his death 16 years later on February 10, 1944.
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