Bryant Brennon Bayne
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Bryant Brennon Bayne

Honolulu Police Department — Honolulu, HI
Accident
End of Watch July 22, 1995
Age 31
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Bryant Bayne and Officer Tate Kahakai were killed when their helicopter crashed during a search and rescue mission of a lost hiker on Koolauloa Mountain. Both officers had been picked up by the Honolulu Fire Department helicopter at Hauula Elementry School. They were being flown in a mesh basket to an area above Sacred Falls when the helicopter crashed. Officer Kahakai, Officer Bayne, and the pilot were all killed.

Survivors

Officer Bayne is survived by his wife, son, two daughters, parents, and two sisters.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
Platform Identity hpd.honolulu.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 22, 1995
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Bryant is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1995, 73 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 38th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Bryant was 31. 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

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Honolulu Police Department has 52 officers remembered here, Bryant among them.

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Where

Officer Bryant Brennon Bayne

Honolulu Police Department · End of Watch July 22, 1995

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 32-W

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