What is J. D. Tippit?
{{Infobox police officer | name = J. D. Tippit | image = J. D. Tippit in his Dallas Police Department photo distributed in 1963.jpg | caption = Dallas Police Department photo, 1963 | currentstatus = | department = [[Dallas Police Department]] | birth_name = J. D. Tippit<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jdtippit.com/1924_bio.htm|title=J.D. TIPPIT / 1924-1943 Biography|website=www.jdtippit.com}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|9|18|mf=yes}} | birth_place = near [[Annona, Texas]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1963|11|22|1924|9|18|mf=yes}} | nickname = | badgenumber = 848 | death_place = [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]] | resting_place = Laurel Land Memorial Park<br>Dallas, Texas | resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|32|40|29.06|N|96|49|13.16|W|type:landmark|display=inline}} <!--| religion = [[Baptist]] --> | allegiance = {{flagicon image|Flag of Dallas.svg}} [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]] | service = {{Flagicon|USA}} [[United States|United States of America]] | serviceyears = 1952–63 | rank = [[Police officer|Patrolman]] | awards = Certificate of Merit (1957)<br>Medal of Valor †<br>Police Medal of Honor †<br>Police Cross †<br>Citizens Traffic Commission Award of Heroism †<br><small>† posthumously</small> | memorials = {{*}}Historical marker on [[Texas State Highway 37|SH 37]] at<br>CR 1280 southwest of Clarksville<br><small>(dedicated November 17, 2001)</small><ref>{{cite web |url = http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/index.asp |title = Texas Historic Sites Atlas |publisher = Texas Historical Commission |access-date = August 23, 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://archive.today/20120713021658/http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/index.asp |archive-date = July 13, 2012 |df = mdy-all }}</ref><br>{{*}}Historical marker on northeast corner of East 10th Street and South Patton Avenue in Dallas<br><small>(dedicated November 20, 2012)</small> | rela