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Gid Thomas Ward

Atlanta Police Department — Atlanta, GA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch June 19, 1957

Age 26

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Badge 1157

The Vigil Panel 92 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 87

Incident

Officer Gid Ward was struck and killed by a truck on US Highway 41, near Cleveland Avenue. He was investigating a broken down vehicle on the northbound side of the South Expressway when a truck, whose driver had fallen asleep, ran off the road and hit him as he was standing next to has patrol car. He was killed instantly.

Survivors

Officer Ward was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Ward gave the Atlanta Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Atlanta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Ward.

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

Agency

Department Atlanta Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Platform Identity apd.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 19, 1957

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 26

Badge Number 1157

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Gid Thomas Ward served in the U.S. Army (1951â1952) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Gid Thomas Ward is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In GA, 264 of 905 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 Atlanta Police Department, 29 of 88 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33% of this agency's fallen.

Atlanta Police Department

of 88 officers

33% Accident

GA — Statewide

264

of 905 officers

29.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident