Doyle Hayes Hill, Sr.

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources — Columbia, SC

Cardiac Veteran

End of Watch January 15, 1976

Age 44

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 9

Incident

Corporal Doyle Hill suffered a heart attack while carrying a boat across a field in Clarendon County to rescue someone stranded because of weather conditions. Corporal Hill was a United States Air Force Korean War veteran and had served with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources for 17 years. He was named Officer of the Year in 1974.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two sons, parents, and sister.

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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.
Corporal Hill gave the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbia 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

Department South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Location Columbia, SC

Platform Identity scdnrcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 15, 1976

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

Age 44

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Doyle Hayes Hill, Sr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Corporal Doyle Hayes Hill, Sr. is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In SC, 20 of 438 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.6% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 2 of 10 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 20% of this agency's fallen.

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

of 10 officers

20% Cardiac

SC — Statewide

of 438 officers

4.6% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac