Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles - Enforcement Division, Virginia
End of Watch: Friday, January 11, 1929
Age: 39
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Date of Incident: November 29, 1928
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Inspector Phillip Via succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident while providing an escort for President Calvin Coolidge near Waynesboro, Virginia, while he and his wife were staying at Swannanoa Palace for the Thanksgiving holiday in 1928.
His conditioned worsened, causing him to develop pneumonia. He passed away at his home in Stanardsville on January 11th, 1929.
Inspector Via was a US Army veteran of WWI. He had served with the Greene County Sheriff's Office prior to joining the Virginia State Police. He was survived by his wife and two children.