Clinton Wayne Crawford
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Trooper

Clinton Wayne Crawford

Pennsylvania State Police — Harrisburg, PA
Accident
End of Watch August 17, 1987
Age 30
Tour of Duty 6 yrs 6 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Clinton Crawford was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer while assisting another officer at the scene of an accident on I-79 in Mt. Nebo. He had just finished speaking with a victim of the accident and was returning to his cruiser when an approaching tractor-trailer jack-knifed and struck him, killing him instantly.

Survivors

Trooper Crawford had served with the Pennsylvania State Police for six and a half years and was survived by his two children, parents, and siblings.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Crawford gave the Pennsylvania State Police 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Crawford.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type State Police
Location Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA
Platform Identity pasp.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 17, 1987
Tour of Duty 6 yrs 6 mo
Age 30
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Clinton is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1987, 76 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 35th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Clinton was 30. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Clinton had served 6.5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Mondays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Pennsylvania State Police has 87 officers remembered here, Clinton among them.

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Where

Trooper Clinton Wayne Crawford

Pennsylvania State Police · End of Watch August 17, 1987

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 60-W

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