Roll of Honor
Allen Cooke Flippo
Incident
Game Warden Allen Flippo and Game Warden Donald Gentry were killed in an airplane accident while flying a night patrol, searching for spotlighters in Southampton County, Virginia. The Piper PA-22 aircraft they were flying caught fire and crashed into trees at the edge of Darden Pond near Newsoms shortly after taking off from Franklin Municipal Airport. The wreckage, discovered upside down and partially submerged in Darden Pond with scorch marks, was found the next day. Game Warden Flippo was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for 10 months.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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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.
Game Warden Flippo served with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.
Thank you for your service to the Henrico community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Allen Cooke Flippo served in the U.S. Army (1967â1972) before joining law enforcement.
Game Warden Allen Cooke Flippo is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In VA, 204 of 655 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, 4 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 36.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Allen Cooke Flippo's cause is highlighted.
How Allen Cooke Flippo Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Allen Cooke Flippo is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
Military Service
Allen Cooke Flippo served in the U.S. Army (1967–1972) before joining law enforcement.
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