Fallen Officers
| Trooper / Inspector | Date of Death | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Inspector W. Neville Hatcher |
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Killed while attempting to arrest a murder suspect |
| Inspector Phillip C. Via |
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Killed due to motorcycle accident while providing an escort for President Calvin Coolidge |
| Inspector Curtis Lee Wood |
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Killed when he was struck by an intoxicated driver |
| Inspector Thomas Allen Belt |
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Killed in a motorcycle accident in Loudoun County |
| Inspector Charles Bazil Bullock |
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Succumbed to injuries received in a motorcycle accident |
| Inspector William Raymond Thompson |
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Killed while attempting to arrest three bank robbers |
| Sergeant Charles William Puckett |
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Succumbed to pneumonia contracted while pursuing and arresting a murder suspect |
| Sergeant Clarence Lemuel Maynard |
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Killed in an accident while responding to a call |
| Trooper Urshell Thomas Mayo |
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Succumbed to injuries sustained in an accident |
| Trooper William Stafford Tinsley |
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Killed in an automobile accident |
| Trooper William Hawthorne Andrews |
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Succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile accident |
| Trooper Robert Elvin Caldwell |
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Killed in an automobile accident |
| Trooper Joseph Benjamin Thomas |
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Killed in an airplane accident |
| Trooper Robert Edward Porter |
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Killed in an airplane accident |
| Investigator Wallace Monroe Simpson |
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Shot and killed by an escaped mental patient |
| Trooper Robert Wright Smith |
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Killed when his patrol car was struck by a passenger train |
| Trooper Walter Sinton Parrish |
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Killed in an automobile accident |
| Trooper Robert Louis Loder Jr. |
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Killed in an automobile accident |
| Trooper Robert Fulton Giles |
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Shot and killed by a suspect during an arrest |
| Trooper Henry Murray Brooks Jr. |
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Struck and killed by an automobile while investigating an automobile accident |
| Trooper Charles Eugene (Gene) Morris |
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Shot and killed while assisting deputies make an arrest |
| Trooper Garland Matthew Miller |
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Killed in an automobile accident |
| Trooper Warren Yokely Harless |
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Shot and killed while assisting deputies with an arrest |
| Trooper Jackie Monroe Bussard |
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Killed in an automobile accident |
| Trooper Donald Edward Lovelace |
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Struck and killed by an automobile during a traffic stop |
| Trooper Rannie DeWitt Kennedy |
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Killed in an automobile accident during a vehicle pursuit |
| Trooper James Read Hughes |
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Struck and killed by an automobile during a traffic stop |
| Investigator Claude Everett Seymour |
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Killed in an automobile accident |
| Trooper Bernard Walter Wright |
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Killed in an automobile accident during a pursuit |
| Trooper Garland West Fisher Jr. |
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Shot and killed after being abducted during a traffic stop |
| Trooper Robert Tinsley Lohr |
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Struck and killed by a vehicle while assisting a motorist |
| Trooper Robin Lee Farmer |
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Killed in an automobile accident during a pursuit |
| Special Agent Rodney Dean Grimes |
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Killed in an automobile accident |
| Trooper Johnny Rush Bowman |
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Stabbed to death when an unidentified male attacked him at his home |
| Sergeant James Leroy Biggs |
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Shot and killed during a traffic stop |
| Trooper Leo Whitt |
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Shot and killed during a traffic stop |
| Trooper Ricky Marshall McCoy |
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Shot and killed during a traffic stop |
| Trooper Alexander McKie Cochran III |
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Shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance in his neighborhood |
| Trooper Harry Lee Henderson |
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Struck and killed by a truck during a traffic stop |
| Trooper Jacqueline Vernon |
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Struck and killed by a Metro Bus during a traffic stop |
| Trooper Jerry Lynn Hines |
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Shot and killed during a traffic stop |
| Trooper Jose M. Cavazos |
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Shot and killed during a traffic stop |
| Trooper Henry Noel Harmon |
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Shot and paralyzed on 1-10-60, & died 2-7-95, due to complications from the wound |
| Trooper Gregory Patton Fleenor |
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Killed in an automobile accident |
| Trooper Jessica Jean Cheney |
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Killed while directing traffic at the scene of an accident |
| Trooper Daniel Lee Williams |
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Died two days after being critically injured in a car accident |
| Senior Trooper Charles Mark Cosslett |
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Killed in a motorcycle accident |
| Trooper Michael Todd Blanton |
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After stopping a DUI driver was dragged by vehicle & killed after it crashed |
| Trooper Kevin Carder Manion |
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Accidentally shot and killed by a rifle that discharged in a wrecked vehicle while being loaded |
| Senior Trooper Robert A. Hill Sr. |
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Struck and killed by a vehicle during a traffic stop |
| Trooper Mark David Barrett |
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Drowned during Search and Recovery Team training dive exercise |
| Trooper Adam M Bowen |
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Killed in an automobile accident |
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“The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.”
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