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J. D. Tippit
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![]() Dallas Police Department photo, 1963
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Born | near Annona, Texas
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September 18, 1924
Died | November 22, 1963 |
(aged 39)
Resting place | Laurel Land Memorial Park Dallas, Texas |
Relatives |
Marie Francis (née Gasway) (wife)
(m. 1946)Charles Tippit (son) Brenda Tippit (daughter) Curtis Tippit (son) |
Awards | Certificate of Merit (1957) Medal of Valor † Police Medal of Honor † Police Cross † Citizens Traffic Commission Award of Heroism † † posthumously |
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Department | Dallas Police Department |
Badge number | 848 |
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Years of service | 1952–63 |
Rank | Patrolman |
Memorials | • Historical marker on SH 37 at CR 1280 southwest of Clarksville (dedicated November 17, 2001) • Historical marker on northeast corner of East 10th Street and South Patton Avenue in Dallas (dedicated November 20, 2012) |
J.D. Tippit was a police officer in Dallas, Texas, murdered on the 22nd of November, 1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald. This was the same day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
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