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Frank Henderson Wall Jr.
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Police Officer

Frank Henderson Wall Jr.

Augusta Police Department — Augusta, GA
Felonious
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End of Watch November 18, 1958
Age 33
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Gender Male
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Incident

Police Officer Frank Wall was shot and killed during a traffic stop of a auto theft suspect. On the night of November 18 dispatch called for all cars to be on the lookout for a black and white Chevrolet, suspected to have been stolen on Monte Sano Avenue by a gunman who minutes earlier robbed Sheehan’s package shop on Wrightsboro Road. Shortly after 8 p.m. Nov. 18, 1958, Officer Wall stopped a vehicle in the 1300 block of Walton Way. Growing suspicious, the Augusta Police Department patrolman drew his weapon from his holster. He barely had time to dismount his bike when the assailant emerged from the car firing a .32-caliber pistol six times, critically wounding Officer Wall. Officer Wall was taken to University Hospital where he died two hours later. In the immediate days after Officer Wall’s slaying, little evidence emerged and police pushed the public to help find the killer. Detective Chief Bill Terry led investigators tracking hundreds of tips and interviewing at least 70 suspects without finding the killer; the killer was never captured.

Survivors

Officer Wall was survived by his wife and three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Wall served with the Augusta Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Augusta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Wall.

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

Agency

Department Augusta Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Augusta, Richmond County, GA
Platform Identity apd.richmond.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 18, 1958
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Frank is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1958, 63 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 119th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Frank was 33. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

Augusta Police Department has 18 officers remembered here, Frank among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Frank Henderson Wall Jr.

Augusta Police Department · End of Watch November 18, 1958

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