Audie Alger Isbell
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Patrolman

Audie Alger Isbell

Veteran → Accident
End of Watch April 7, 1955
Age 37
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Audie Isbell was killed in an automobile crash on Highway 45 in Walker County while pursuing another vehicle. A third vehicle attempted to turn left onto Highway 45, causing Patrolman Isbell's vehicle to collide with it. Patrolman Isbell and the driver of the third vehicle were both killed in the collision. The vehicle he was pursuing continued to flee. Patrolman Isbell was a veteran of WWII who had served with the Texas Highway Patrol for seven years and was stationed in Trinity.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Isbell gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Austin, Travis County, TX
Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 7, 1955
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Weapon Automobile

Military Service

Audie Alger Isbell served in the the United States military (1941–1943) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Audie 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 1955, 67 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 59th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Audie was 37. 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. Audie had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

April holds 7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 6.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol has 96 officers remembered here, Audie among them.

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Where

Patrolman Audie Alger Isbell

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol · End of Watch April 7, 1955

Military Service

Audie Alger Isbell served in the United States military (1941–1943) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 36-W

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