Jon Anthony Farrar
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Lieutenant

Jon Anthony Farrar

Accident
End of Watch August 5, 1977
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Jon Farrar was killed in an automobile crash on Highway 59 while returning from an assignment to teach a class at the police academy at Wharton County Junior College.

His vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer on U.S. 59 approximately three miles west of Rosenberg.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Farrar served with the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Richmond community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Farrar.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX
Platform Identity fbcso.fortbend.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 5, 1977
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Jon is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1977, 64 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 66th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jon was 28. 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.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

August holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Fridays: 15.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office has 10 officers remembered here, Jon among them.

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Where

Lieutenant Jon Anthony Farrar

Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch August 5, 1977

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 12-E

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