Quartermaster Sergeant Ellsworth D. Dryden, Maryland State Police, Maryland

Quartermaster Sergeant Ellsworth D. Dryden

Maryland State Police, Maryland

End of Watch Friday, October 7, 1938

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Ellsworth D. Dryden

Quartermaster Sergeant Ellsworth Dryden succumbed to injuries received in a motorcycle crash on March 4th, 1933

He was escorting the Maryland's Governor Albert Ritchie home from the President Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration when his motorcycle collided with a bread tuck at the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue and 34th Street in Mount Rainier, Maryland. He was seriously injured in the crash and died after contracting a bloodstream infection.

Sergeant Dryden had served with the Maryland State Police for just under 10 years.

Bio

Age 37
Tour 10 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Motorcycle crash
Incident Date Saturday, March 4, 1933

escort, executive protection

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