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Police Officer

Craig William Rath

Chesterfield County Police Department — Chesterfield, VA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch May 27, 1999

Age 28

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

The Vigil Panel 146 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 4

Incident

Police Officer Craig Rath was killed when his vehicle was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Bellwood Road and Fort Darling Road.

Officer Rath was leaving a public park after conducting surveillance in an unmarked vehicle when he failed to stop at a stop sign. When he entered the intersection he was broadsided by another vehicle, ejecting him from his vehicle and causing it to flip.

Two officers who were following him rolled the vehicle off of him, but he had been killed on impact.

Officer Rath had served with the Chesterfield County Police Department for six years was assigned to the Street Drug Enforcement Section. He was a U.S. Army veteran with the 555th MP Company at Fort Lee, Virginia, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, who was also an employee of the agency.

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Last updated: 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.
Police Officer Rath gave the Chesterfield County Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chesterfield 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

Agency

Department Chesterfield County Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Chesterfield, VA

Platform Identity ccpd.stafford.va.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 27, 1999

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Craig William Rath served in the U.S. Army (1989â1993) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Craig William Rath 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 Chesterfield County Police Department, 3 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Chesterfield County Police Department

of 5 officers

60% Accident

VA — Statewide

204

of 655 officers

31.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident