Roll of Honor
Incident
Location: Texas Incident Date: Thursday, December 9, 1948
Sheriff Guy Mercer succumbed to injuries he received in an automobile collision south of Amarillo, Texas, while transporting a prisoner from Tahoka, Texas, back to Oklahoma.
The prisoner was killed in the crash, another passenger was injured, and Sheriff Mercer died two days later.
Sheriff Mercer was a United States Army WWI and WII veteran and had served with the Texas County Sheriff's Office for 8 years.
Survivors
He is 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.
Sheriff Mercer gave the Texas County Sheriff's Office 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Guymon 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
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Guy Mercer served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Sheriff Guy Mercer is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Guy Mercer's cause is highlighted.
How Guy Mercer Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Guy Mercer is highlighted in Dec.