Roll of Honor
Incident
Constable Hampton Patterson was killed when his service revolver fell from its holster and discharged when it struck a rock. He and another constable were returning from Greenville, where they had dropped off a prisoner, when they stopped on the Greenville-Reidville Highway to get a drink of water from a natural spring. As Constable Patterson stooped down to get a drink from the spring his .32 caliber revolver fell from its shoulder holster and discharged. The round struck him in the chest. The other constable and a citizen took him to a local hospital where he died a short time later. Constable Patterson had served as a constable for 2 years and had previously served as a guard for a chain gang.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and eight children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Patterson gave the Spartanburg County Constable's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Spartanburg community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Patterson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Hampton Patterson 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 SC, 137 of 438 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Spartanburg County Constable's Office, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Hampton Patterson's cause is highlighted.
How Hampton Patterson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Hampton Patterson is highlighted in Aug.
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