| Deputy Sheriff Billy Walter Smith
Cocke County Sheriff's Department
Tennessee
End of Watch: Friday, December 20, 1974 Biographical Info
Age: 26
Tour of Duty: 4 months
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Date of Incident: Friday, December 20, 1974
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available Deputy Smith and Deputy Lloyd Clevenger were killed in an automobile accident while on patrol. The deputies were turning onto an on-ramp for I-40 when their vehicle was broadsided. Both deputies were killed instantly.
Deputy Smith had been with the agency for four months and was survived by his wife and daughter. Related Line of Duty Deaths | 
