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PFC William Edward Peeples

End of Watch 6/8/1979 Patrolman First Class Peeples was on duty in Colleton County when he pursued a motorcyclist for speeding. After the…

PFC Ben Wesley Strickland

End of Watch 5/31/1974 Patrolman First Class Strickland was on duty in Lexington County when he arrested a driver during a traffic stop. The…

Patrolman Fulton House Anthony

End of Watch 3/10/1973 Patrolman Anthony was on duty in Greenville County when he and another patrolman were transporting two suspects who were…

Patrolman Roy Odes Caffey

End of Watch 10/8/1972 Patrolman Caffey was on duty in Orangeburg County when he was shot and killed by unknown person(s) during a traffic stop.…

Patrolman Jimmy Amechie Traylor

End of Watch 12/25/1970 Patrolman Traylor was on duty in Sumter County when he went to assist another patrolman with an arrest. Two family members…

Patrolman Alfred Alexander Thomason

End of Watch 7/27/1970 Patrolman Thomason was on duty in Sumter County and was killed in a vehicle collision at the entrance to Shaw Airfield Air…

Corporal Richard Varn Woods

End of Watch 8/19/1969 Corporal Woods was on Duty in Beaufort County on August 15, 1969 when he pulled a vehicle over for speeding. Cpl. Woods did…

Patrolman Marion Charles Steele

End of Watch 9/10/1966 Patrolman Steele was on duty in Chesterfield County when he was shot to death by one of three teenagers during a traffic stop…

Patrolman John Ray Riddle

End of Watch 1/15/1961 Patrolman Riddle was on duty in Clarendon County and was killed when his patrol vehicle collided head-on with a tractor…

Corporal Henry C. Yonce

End of Watch 5/19/1959 Corporal Yonce was on duty in Abbeville County on May 6, 1959, when he swerved his patrol vehicle to avoid hitting a truck…