Jesse Lynwood Mallett
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Deputy Sheriff

Jesse Lynwood Mallett

Accident
End of Watch April 28, 1979
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Mallett was killed in an automobile accident while returning from a call.

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

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Manning, Clarendon County, SC
Platform Identity ccso.clarendon.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 28, 1979
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff Jesse Lynwood Mallett is one of 10,094 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,585 officers honored here.

In SC, 138 of 440 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Clarendon 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.

Clarendon County Sheriff's Office
3
of 4 officers
75% Accident
SC — Statewide
138
of 440 officers
31.4% Accident
Nationwide
10,094
of 32,585 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jesse Lynwood Mallett's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,558 (53.9%)
Accident
10,094 (31%)
Illness
3,037 (9.3%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
334 (1%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)

How Jesse Lynwood Mallett Compares

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jesse Lynwood Mallett is highlighted in Apr.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897