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Corporal Kenneth Jeffery Johnson

End of Watch 7/7/2002 Corporal Johnson was on duty in Berkeley County when he was shot and killed by a passenger of a pickup at a traffic checkpoint…

Senior Trooper Michael Joseph Rao

End of Watch 6/12/2002 Senior Trooper Rao was on duty in Clarendon County when he was struck off the roadway by a pickup as he was assisting a…

TFC Eric Francis Nicholson

End of Watch 12/6/2000 Trooper First Class Nicholson was on duty in Greenville County when he was shot and killed during a traffic stop. The suspect…

Lance Corporal David Travis Bailey

End of Watch 4/5/2000 Lance Corporal Bailey was on duty in Greenville County when he was killed in a vehicle collision when he was pursuing a…

Lance Corporal Jacob Ham Jr.

End of Watch 2/8/1998 Lance Corporal Ham was on duty in Darlington County when he suffered a heart attack and died when he subdued and arrested a…

First Sergeant Frankie Lee Lingard

End of Watch 12/31/1997 First Sergeant Lingard was on Duty in Orangeburg County when he was shot and killed during a traffic stop. The suspect was…

Lance Corporal Randall Scott Hewitt

End of Watch 6/23/1996 Lance Corporal Hewitt was on duty in Florence County investigating a motor vehicle collision when a pickup struck his patrol…

Lance Corporal Michael Allen Chappell

End of Watch 4/17/1995 Lance Corporal Chappell was on duty in Clarendon County when his patrol car ran off the roadway and overturned after pursuing…

Trooper Randall Lamar Hester

End of Watch 4/20/1994 Trooper Hester was on duty in Anderson County when his patrol vehicle ran off the roadway while pursuing a motorcyclist. He…

Lance Corporal Mark Hunter Coates

End of Watch 11/20/1992 Lance Corporal Coates was on duty with the Highway Patrol’s Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team in Jasper County when…