Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Langston was killed when his patrol car struck a bridge abutment during a vehicle pursuit on GA-1 near Cedartown. Trooper Langston was a U.S Air Force veteran and had served with the Georgia State Patrol for 13 years. He was assigned to Post 29 in Cedartown, Georgia.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and child.
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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.
Trooper Langston gave the Georgia State Patrol 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia, 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
Donward Francis Langston served in the U.S. Air Force (1959â1963) before joining law enforcement.
Trooper Donward Francis Langston 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 GA, 264 of 904 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Georgia State Patrol, 24 of 29 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 82.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Donward Francis Langston's cause is highlighted.
How Donward Francis Langston Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
Military Service
Donward Francis Langston served in the U.S. Air Force (1959–1963) before joining law enforcement.
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