Grady Russell Jackson

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries — Montgomery, AL

Cardiac Veteran →

End of Watch February 12, 1984

Age 61

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Conservation Officer Grady Jackson suffered a fatal heart attack while patrolling on foot in Pike County, Alabama.

Officer Jackson was a United States Navy Veteran of World War II and had served with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries for 22 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, father, and two sisters.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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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.
Conservation Officer Jackson gave the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the Montgomery community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries

Location Montgomery, AL

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Service Record

End of Watch February 12, 1984

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

Age 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Grady Russell Jackson served in the Navy (1943â1946) before joining law enforcement.

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Conservation Officer Grady Russell Jackson 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 AL, 30 of 643 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, 3 of 10 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 30% of this agency's fallen.

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries

of 10 officers

30% Cardiac

AL — Statewide

of 643 officers

4.7% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac