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Gregory Lee Mathews
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Sergeant

Gregory Lee Mathews

United States Army Military Police Corps — Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Veteran → Accident
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End of Watch January 23, 1974
Age 24
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Gender Male
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Incident

Sergeant Gregory Mathews was struck and killed by a Federal Bureau of Prisons vehicle while assisting prison officials in searching for two escaped convicts. The prisoners had escaped from the Petersburg Federal Correctional Complex, which adjoins Fort Lee (current-day Fort Gregg-Adams), Virginia.

One of the suspects had been apprehended and was being returned to the prison. Sergeant Mathews and a second MP were completing a perimeter check of the installation's ammunition dump on Reformatory Road when he was struck by the vehicle. The other MP was pushed out of the path of the vehicle by Sergeant Mathews. Sergeant Mathews was transported to the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Sergeant Mathews was survived by his wife, parents, two sisters, five brothers, and his grandparents.

Survivors

Sergeant Mathews was survived by his wife, parents, two sisters, five brothers, and his grandparents.

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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.
Sergeant Mathews 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 January 23, 1974
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Gregory Lee Mathews served in the U.S. Army (1971–1974) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Gregory 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 1974, 98 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 9th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Gregory was 24. 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, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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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

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

Across the years

Sergeant Gregory Lee Mathews

United States Army Military Police Corps · End of Watch January 23, 1974

Military Service

Gregory Lee Mathews served in the U.S. Army (1971–1974) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 34-E

Also Remembered

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