James C. Wright

Dallas County Sheriff's Department — Dallas, TX

Accident

End of Watch September 28, 1924

Age 45

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 19

Incident

Deputy sheriffs James C. Wright, Lonnie Marshall and Edward Thompson were traveling by automobile to serve a search warrant for an illegal whiskey still in the Trinity River bottoms. Deputy Marshall was driving and Deputy Wright was the front seat passenger when their squad car struck another vehicle. Wright was thrown from the vehicle and suffered severe head injuries. Marshall received severe cuts on his head and arms and Thompson was uninjured. Wright died from his injuries on September 28, 1924.

Wright was survived by his wife, Bettie, his father, a brother and three sisters. He was buried in the Mesquite Cemetery.

Survivors

Wright was survived by his wife, Bettie, his father, a brother and three sisters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Wright served with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Wright.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Dallas County Sheriff's Department

Location Dallas, TX

Platform Identity dcso.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 28, 1924

Age 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Automobile crash

Deputy Sheriff James C. Wright 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Dallas County Sheriff's Department, 3 of 20 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 15% of this agency's fallen.

Dallas County Sheriff's Department

of 20 officers

15% Accident

TX — Statewide

653

of 2,421 officers

27% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident