North Carolina Highway Patrol
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Monday, January 3, 2022
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Master Trooper James Brent Montgomery
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Monday, March 15, 2021
Cause: COVID19
First Sergeant Timothy Lee Howell
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Thursday, January 7, 2021
Cause: COVID19
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, March 27, 2020
Cause: Automobile crash
Master Trooper Benjamin Derek Wallace
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, November 2, 2018
Cause: Heart attack
Master Trooper Kevin Keith Conner
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Cause: Gunfire
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Monday, May 21, 2018
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Trooper Brandon Carroll Peterson
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, April 7, 2017
Cause: Heart attack
Trooper Bobby Gene Demuth, Jr.
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Saturday, September 8, 2012
Cause: Vehicular assault
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Cause: Struck by vehicle
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Cause: Automobile crash
Trooper David Shawn Blanton, Jr.
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Cause: Gunfire
Trooper Joseph Wynford "Josh" Oliver
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Cause: Automobile crash
Senior Trooper Anthony Greg Cogdill
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, May 30, 2003
Cause: Vehicular assault
Master Trooper Calvin Eugene Taylor
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Wednesday, October 3, 2001
Cause: Automobile crash
Trooper John Henry Duncan, Jr.
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 2001
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Thursday, October 21, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Sunday, April 4, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Trooper William Joseph Starling
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Monday, July 20, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Tuesday, September 23, 1997
Cause: Gunfire
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Thursday, August 8, 1996
Cause: Automobile crash
Officer Franklin Dale Perritte
North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Section, NC
EOW: Tuesday, February 14, 1995
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Section, NC
EOW: Thursday, July 28, 1994
Cause: Automobile crash
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, July 22, 1988
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Cadet William Edward Bayless, III
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, February 5, 1988
Cause: Heart attack
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Saturday, September 14, 1985
Cause: Gunfire
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Tuesday, May 14, 1985
Cause: Gunfire
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Tuesday, April 9, 1985
Cause: Gunfire
Trooper Robert Lee "Pete" Peterson
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Thursday, May 31, 1979
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Hugh Richard Griffin, Sr.
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Sunday, September 14, 1975
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Guy Thomas Davis, Jr.
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Tuesday, September 2, 1975
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Lawrence Canipe, Jr.
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Saturday, October 5, 1974
Cause: Gunfire
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Saturday, October 5, 1974
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Jack Daniel Templeton
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Monday, September 30, 1974
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1974
Cause: Aircraft accident
Sergeant John Scott Hackett, Jr.
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1974
Cause: Aircraft accident
Patrolman William James Smith, Jr.
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Saturday, January 12, 1974
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Monday, December 25, 1972
Cause: Automobile crash
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Thursday, December 21, 1972
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1972
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Joseph Griffin Wright
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Wednesday, September 27, 1972
Cause: Gunfire
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1972
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Patrolman Paul Johnson Williams
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Sunday, November 8, 1970
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Officer Robert J. Furmage, Jr.
North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Section, NC
EOW: Friday, January 2, 1970
Cause: Vehicular assault
Patrolman Cecil Hartwell Hoffman
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, March 15, 1968
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, April 1, 1966
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Patrolman James Hugh Marshburn
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Saturday, September 19, 1964
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman William Thomas Herbin
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Monday, August 31, 1964
Cause: Gunfire
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Thursday, January 24, 1963
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Patrolman Henry Alton Hight, Jr.
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Thursday, May 31, 1962
Cause: Automobile crash
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Saturday, October 15, 1960
Cause: Automobile crash
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, December 18, 1959
Cause: Vehicular assault
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Tuesday, November 5, 1957
Cause: Gunfire
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Tuesday, November 5, 1957
Cause: Gunfire
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Monday, December 12, 1949
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Patrolman Richard Warren Jackson
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Saturday, September 3, 1949
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Thursday, May 27, 1948
Cause: Drowned
Patrolman Charles Elem Galloway
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Monday, May 3, 1948
Cause: Aircraft accident
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Monday, May 3, 1948
Cause: Aircraft accident
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Tuesday, March 2, 1948
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Monday, December 29, 1947
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Henry Thomas Timberlake
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, December 1, 1939
Cause: Automobile crash
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Thursday, March 2, 1939
Cause: Automobile crash
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Sunday, August 22, 1937
Cause: Gunfire
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, June 18, 1937
Cause: Gunfire
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Thursday, September 17, 1936
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Patrolman Clarence LeGette Fidler
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, March 20, 1936
Cause: Motorcycle crash
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Sunday, November 15, 1931
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Patrolman Alfonso Jerome Hedgpeth
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Friday, October 23, 1931
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC
EOW: Tuesday, July 2, 1929
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 70
- Aircraft accident 4
- Automobile crash 14
- COVID19 2
- Drowned 1
- Gunfire 20
- Heart attack 3
- Motorcycle crash 4
- Struck by vehicle 3
- Vehicle pursuit 15
- Vehicular assault 4
By Month
- January 6
- February 2
- March 7
- April 4
- May 9
- June 4
- July 5
- August 3
- September 11
- October 7
- November 5
- December 7
By Gender
- Male 70
- Female 0
Predecessor Agencies