Leonard L. Layton
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Leonard L. Layton

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA
Accident
End of Watch November 8, 1964
Age 26
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Badge 3411
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Leonard Layton was killed in an automobile accident on U.S. Highway 101 while en route to a court hearing.

His cruiser went over an embankment while he rounded a curve on the rain-slicked highway.

The officer had been employed with the California Highway Patrol for less than one year.

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You barely got started.
Officer Layton gave the California Highway Patrol 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Layton.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Sacramento, CA
Platform Identity chp.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 8, 1964
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 26
Badge Number 3411
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Leonard 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 1964, 68 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 54th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Leonard 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. Leonard had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

November holds 8.3% 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.

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His people

California Highway Patrol has at least 120 officers remembered here, Leonard among them.

Across the years

Officer Leonard L. Layton

California Highway Patrol · End of Watch November 8, 1964

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 16-E

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