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Lance Corporal Mark Hunter Coates

Fri, 11/20/1992

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11/20/1992

Lance Corporal Coates was on duty with the Highway Patrol’s Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team in Jasper County when he was attacked, shot and killed by the suspect during a traffic stop. The suspect was convicted of murder. Lance Corporal Coates was a native of Lexington County.