Roll of Honor
Capers Wannamaker Jr.
Incident
Chief of Police Capers Wannamaker was killed in an automobile accident when his patrol car left the roadway and struck a tree on Burke Road.
Chief Wannamaker was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the St. Matthews Police Department for 14 years. He had previously served with the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office for eight years and the South Carolina Department of Corrections for three years.
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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.
Chief of Police Wannamaker gave the St. Matthews Police Department 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Matthews community. Thank you 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
Capers Wannamaker Jr. served in the U.S. Army (1971â1973) before joining law enforcement.
Chief of Police Capers Wannamaker Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In SC, 138 of 441 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.3% of this state's fallen. That is 31.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At St. Matthews Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Capers Wannamaker Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Capers Wannamaker Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Capers Wannamaker Jr. is highlighted in Mar.
Military Service
Capers Wannamaker Jr. served in the U.S. Army (1971–1973) before joining law enforcement.
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