Keith Harlan Sewell
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Trooper

Keith Harlan Sewell

Georgia State Patrol — Atlanta, GA
Accident
End of Watch January 17, 1979
Age 25
Badge GSP
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Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Sewell was killed in an automobile accident while responding to a call about a motorcycle gang riot in the Skull Shoals area of Greene County. The report turned out to be a false call. Trooper Sewell was assigned to Post 8 in Madison, Georgia.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and son.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Sewell served with the Georgia State Patrol.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Sewell.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
Platform Identity ghp.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 17, 1979
Age 25
Badge Number GSP
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Keith 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 1979, 70 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 48th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Keith was 25. 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

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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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

Georgia State Patrol has 29 officers remembered here, Keith among them.

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Where

Trooper Keith Harlan Sewell

Georgia State Patrol · End of Watch January 17, 1979

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 33-W

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