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Patrolman Harry Boyd Ray

End of Watch 9/7/1958 Patrolman Ray was on duty in Orangeburg County when he stopped a vehicle for speeding. Patrolman Ray did not know that the…

Patrolman Arnold R. Carter

End of Watch 6/18/1956 Patrolman Carter was on duty in Williamsburg County investigating reports of vehicles racing. Patrolman Carter was standing…

Patrolman Albert T. Sealy

End of Watch 10/5/1950 Patrolman Sealy was on duty in Greenville County when he was involved in a collision with an oil tanker truck. Patrolman…

Patrolman Norris Nettles

End of Watch 1/4/1942 Patrolman Nettles was on duty in Spartanburg County when he was attacked by four assailants during a traffic stop. Patrolman…

Patrolman Joseph P. Monroe

End of Watch 9/28/1941 Patrolman Monroe was on duty in Marlboro County when his motorcycle was in a collision with a tractor trailer in the Town of…

Patrolman George Gibbs Broome

End of Watch 5/28/1941 Patrolman Broome was on duty in Jasper County when his patrol vehicle struck a parked truck during heavy fog. Patrolman…

Patrolman Harlan M. Smith

End of Watch 9/23/1940 Patrolman Smith was on duty in Chesterfield County when his motorcycle struck a tree. Patrolman Smith was with the Patrol for…

Patrolman Walter T. Bell

End of Watch 2/4/1939 Patrolman Bell was on duty in Lancaster County when his patrol vehicle was struck head on by another vehicle. Patrolman Bell…

Patrolman L. Lawson Rhodes

End of Watch 7/13/1938 Patrolman Rhodes was on duty in Chesterfield County and died instantly when his motorcycle was struck by a vehicle emerging…

Patrolman Kenneth E. McNeill

End of Watch 1/2/1937 On November 7, 1936, Patrolman Kenneth McNeill had parked his motorcycle on the side of the road in Darlington County to…