Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Carroll Bargatze succumbed to injuries he received in a motorcycle collision on October 6, 1965. Officer Bargatze was driving with lights and sirens activated en route to a crash call involving a police officer. When he turned onto Third Avenue South from Ash Street, he hit a car traveling north on Third Avenue. He was transported to General Hospital with a fractured skull and passed away on October 16, 1965. Officer Bargatze was a United States Army Korean War veteran and had served with the Metro Nashville Police Department for seven years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two daughters, parents, and three brothers.
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- July 23, 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.
Officer Bargatze gave the Metro Nashville Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Nashville community, and 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
Carroll Gordon Bargatze served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Officer Carroll Gordon Bargatze 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 TN, 191 of 769 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Metro Nashville Police Department, 7 of 20 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 35% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Carroll Gordon Bargatze's cause is highlighted.
How Carroll Gordon Bargatze Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Carroll Gordon Bargatze is highlighted in Oct.
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