Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Andrew Stocks was killed in an automobile accident when his patrol car collided with a garbage truck. He was responding to an accident when the collision occurred on Ten-Ten Road, near Garner.
He was transported to WakeMed Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Trooper Stocks was a veteran of both the US Army and US Marine Corps. He had served with the North Carolina Highway Patrol for 4 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and child.
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- August 2, 2026
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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.
Trooper Stocks gave the North Carolina Highway Patrol 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Andrew James Stocks served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1983â1990) before joining law enforcement.
Trooper Andrew James Stocks 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 NC, 205 of 664 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.9% of this state's fallen. That is 30.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At North Carolina Highway Patrol, 41 of 69 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 59.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Andrew James Stocks's cause is highlighted.
How Andrew James Stocks Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Andrew James Stocks is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
Military Service
Andrew James Stocks served in the U.S. Army (1983–1990) before joining law enforcement.
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