Hubert Leander Lloyd
Incident
Sergeant Hubert Lloyd and Deputy William Nalley were killed when their helicopter crashed as they were preparing to search for a serial rapist. The officers were flying the helicopter from the Dorchester County Airport to the Charleston International Airport when it crashed less than one mile after takeoff in heavy fog at 5:30 am. The rotors of the helicopter came apart, causing the crash. Sergeant Lloyd had served with the Charleston County Sheriff's Office for 20 years.
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20 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Lloyd gave the Charleston County Sheriff's Office 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the North Charleston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Lloyd.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Hubert Leander Lloyd served in the U.S. Army (1962â1965) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Hubert Leander Lloyd 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 SC, 138 of 441 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.3% of this state's fallen. That is 31.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Charleston County Sheriff's Office, 3 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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Incident Location
Military Service
Hubert Leander Lloyd served in the U.S. Army (1962–1965) before joining law enforcement.
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