Philip H. Chacón (Phil) was born the third son of Edward H. and Tomasita G. Chacón on May 22 1944.  As a newborn infant, he had double pneumonia and the doctors informed his parents that his chances for survival were poor.  There was one chance, a new miracle drug that had been used during WWII.  If available, it could be tried.  Phil was one of the first civilians to be given penicillin.
            The rest is history.  Phil attended St. Mary's and Albuquerque High in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He enlisted in the US Navy where he completed high school, receiving his GED.  He served in the Navy as a Corpsman and was attached to the US Marine Corp.  After his discharge, he attended the University of New Mexico where he received his Bachelor's degree in Education and later joined the Albuquerque Police Department.  He married and had two children.
           On the night of September 10, 1980, Phil was visiting the battered women's shelter, which he helped establish.  Three criminals were robbing the shoe store across the street.  Phil happened to come upon the robber in progress and was shot and killed.  The three assailants were tried but never convicted, although one admitted his guilt.  All three are currently serving time in prison for unrelated crimes.
Phil was honored by the city of Albuquerque and the Albuquerque Police Dept.  A police substation, a park, a transit-way (between 4^th Street and Central Ave. running the length of Lomas Blvd) and a school library are named after him.  Phil had the largest funeral in the state of New Mexico.  He was survived by his wife and two children, his three brothers (Eddie, Ted, and Orlando), and his mother.
Phil was the first Hispanic police officer killed while in service in the Albuquerque Police Department, and the first police officer killed in twenty-five years in the city of Albuquerque.  His name is enshrined at the Police Memorial in Washington, D.C. and at the New Mexico State Police Memorial in Santa Fe, which honors police officers killed in the line of duty.
           Phil was an honest and good man whose life was cut short by sick and deranged minds.  The pain lives on in the hearts of those that knew and loved Phil.  He is buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Albuquerque, NM.  May his memory be eternal
This site is maintained by Aztec Home Schooling, Ed Chacón, brother.