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Johnnie Mae Clanton
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Reserve Officer

Johnnie Mae Clanton

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA
Veteran → Accident
United States flag Louisiana flag
End of Watch June 23, 1999
Age 38
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
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Gender Female
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Military Memorials 1 Also Remembered Department 127

Incident

Reserve Officer Clanton was killed in an automobile crash while responding to reports of a stabbing in Algiers.

Officer Clanton's vehicle went out of control and struck a light pole near the intersection of General Meyer Avenue and Southlawn Boulevard at approximately 9:20 p.m. Officer Clanton, who was the passenger, died at the scene. Her partner was transported to a local hospital in serious condition.

Reserve Officer Clanton, who also served in the U.S.

Survivors

Marine Corps in Hawaii, is survived by her mother, four sisters, and three brothers.

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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.
Reserve Officer Clanton gave the New Orleans Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, sister.

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

Agency

Department New Orleans Police Department
Type Police Department
Location New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Platform Identity nopd.orleans.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 23, 1999
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 38
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Johnnie Mae Clanton served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Johnnie 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 1999, 71 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 44th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Johnnie was 38. 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. Johnnie had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where she stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

By month
By day of the week
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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
Weapons recorded
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Her people

New Orleans Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Johnnie among them.

Across the years
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Where

Reserve Officer Johnnie Mae Clanton

New Orleans Police Department · End of Watch June 23, 1999

Military Service

Johnnie Mae Clanton served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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His full service record — units, decorations, where he served — is kept on salute.nw.

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 28-E

Also Remembered

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