Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Booker was killed in an automobile crash when his patrol car collided with a logging truck on Alabama Route 21, approximately 1-1/2 miles north of Talladega. His patrol car became pinned between the truck and a bridge railing, before catching fire. Trooper Booker had served with the Alabama Department of Public Safety for three years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and 2-year-old daughter.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Booker gave the Alabama Department of Public Safety 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Alabama. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Booker.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Johnnie Earl Booker served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1969â1971) before joining law enforcement.
Trooper Johnnie Earl Booker 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 AL, 182 of 643 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.3% of this state's fallen. That is 28.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Alabama Department of Public Safety, 21 of 29 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 72.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Johnnie Earl Booker's cause is highlighted.
How Johnnie Earl Booker Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Johnnie Earl Booker is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
Military Service
Johnnie Earl Booker served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1969–1971) before joining law enforcement.
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