George Maurice Hendrix Jr.

Tarrant County Sheriff's Office — Fort Worth, TX

Veteran → Veteran → Accident

End of Watch September 17, 1997

Age 51

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 12

Incident

Lieutenant George Hendrix and Investigator Thomas Smith were killed when their Bell OH-58A helicopter crashed at Kenneth Copeland Airport. Lieutenant Hendrix was piloting the aircraft, one of two donated to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office by the United States military. Witnesses stated that the helicopter had just taken off when it plummeted straight down. Bystanders pulled both deputies from the wreckage and administered CPR but were unable to save them due to intensive spinal, head, and internal injuries. Lieutenant Hendrix was a United States Army Vietnam War veteran and served with the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office for six years. He had previously served with the Euless Police Department and the Shreveport (Louisiana) Police Department.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and son.

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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.
Lieutenant Hendrix gave the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth 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 Tarrant County Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX

Platform Identity tcso.tarrant.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 17, 1997

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

Age 51

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

George Maurice Hendrix Jr. served in the U.S. Army (1969â1971) before joining law enforcement.

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Lieutenant George Maurice Hendrix Jr. 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 TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 13 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 15.4% of this agency's fallen.

Tarrant County Sheriff's Office

of 13 officers

15.4% Accident

TX — Statewide

657

of 2,421 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident