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Perry Jackson Clements
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Military Police Officer

Perry Jackson Clements

United States Army Military Police Corps — Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Veteran → Accident
United States flag Missouri flag
End of Watch April 14, 1946
Age 26
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Military Also Remembered Department 64

Incident

Military Police Officer Perry Clements was killed in a vehicle crash in Jefferson County, Kentucky, while he and another MP were driving to the military police headquarters at 6th Street and Magnolia Avenue in Louisville.

They were traveling northbound on Route 31W when another vehicle entered the highway directly in front of them from Valley Road, causing a collision. Their vehicle overturned and MP Clements was trapped underneath. He was taken to General Hospital where he died of his injuries.

MP Clements was survived by his parents and brother.

Survivors

MP Clements was survived by his parents and brother.

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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.
Military Police Officer Clements served with the United States Army Military Police Corps.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department United States Army Military Police Corps
Type Federal Agency
Location Fort Leonard Wood, Pulaski County, MO
Platform Identity usampcmp.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 14, 1946
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Perry Jackson Clements served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Perry 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 1946, 63 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 68th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Perry was 26. 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
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

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

Every cause
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His people

United States Army Military Police Corps has 65 officers remembered here, Perry among them.

Across the years
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Where

Military Police Officer Perry Jackson Clements

United States Army Military Police Corps · End of Watch April 14, 1946

Military Service

Perry Jackson Clements served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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