Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Daugherty suffered a fatal heart attack while breaking up a fight outside a bar. He had put two of the four men involved in the fight in a squad car when he sustained the heart attack. Officer Daugherty had a total of 28 years of law enforcement experience with various agencies.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife,son, daughter and granddaughter.
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- Last updated
- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
28 years. You could have gone home.
Officer Daugherty gave the Piedmont Police Department 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Piedmont community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Daugherty.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jack Lee Daugherty served in the U.S. Army (1953â1955) before joining law enforcement.
Officer Jack Lee Daugherty is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In MO, 32 of 813 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.9% of this state's fallen. That is 3.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Piedmont Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jack Lee Daugherty's cause is highlighted.
How Jack Lee Daugherty Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Jack Lee Daugherty is highlighted in Oct.
Military Service
Jack Lee Daugherty served in the U.S. Army (1953–1955) before joining law enforcement.
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