Roll of Honor
Henry Jorden Willeford
Incident
Reserve Deputy Henry Willeford succumbed to injuries sustained seven years earlier when he was struck by a vehicle.
He was en route home at the end of his shift when he encountered a deer carcass blocking a lane of traffic. He activated his vehicle's emergency equipment and attempted to remove the deer. As he did so he was struck by an oncoming vehicle and sustained serious injuries.
He remained bedridden until succumbing to his injuries on November 16, 2009.
Deputy Willeford had served in law enforcement for 55 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and 15 children.
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Tributes
55 years. You could have gone home.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Willeford gave the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office 55 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Clinton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Deputy Sheriff Willeford.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Henry Jorden Willeford served in the U.S. Navy (1951â1955) before joining law enforcement.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Henry Jorden Willeford 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 AR, 92 of 372 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.7% of this state's fallen. That is 24.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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Military Service
Henry Jorden Willeford served in the U.S. Navy (1951–1955) before joining law enforcement.
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