Incident
Deputy Creamer was killed in an automobile accident while respond to the Pelzer area during the early morning of July 20, 1972. While enroute he was involved in an automobile accident and died of the injuries sustained in the accident on July 28, 1972.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Creamer served with the Anderson County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Anderson community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Creamer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Berry Creamer is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In SC, 137 of 438 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Anderson County Sheriff's Office, 4 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Berry Creamer's cause is highlighted.
How Berry Creamer Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Berry Creamer is highlighted in Jul.
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