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Officer

Donald R. Holloway

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch January 3, 1980

Age 36

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Badge 6745

The Vigil Panel 122 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 232

Incident

Officer Donald Holloway and his wife, Chief of Police Kay Holloway of the Coalinga Police Department, were killed in an aircraft crash while en route flying between Sacramento and Coalinga. Chief Holloway had attended a law enforcement meeting in Sacramento, and the two were returning to Coalinga so Officer Holloway could attend a court appearance. The Cessna 172 plane crashed into a field near I-5 and Derrick Road, approximately 20 miles north of Coalinga. He was authorized to be flying his personal plane at the time. Officer Holloway was a United States Navy Vietnam veteran and had served with the California Highway Patrol for 11 years. He and Chief Holloway were survived by their seven children. He is buried at the Friendship Methodist Church Cemetery in Confederate, Lyon County, Kentucky.

Survivors

He and Chief Holloway were survived by their seven children.

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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 Holloway gave the California Highway Patrol 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department California Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Sacramento, CA

Platform Identity chp.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 3, 1980

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Age 36

Badge Number 6745

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Donald R. Holloway served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Donald R. Holloway 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 CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 39.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At California Highway Patrol, 151 of 233 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 64.8% of this agency's fallen.

California Highway Patrol

151

of 233 officers

64.8% Accident

CA — Statewide

719

of 1,837 officers

39.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident