Joseph Emanuel Dillard

Tennessee Highway Patrol — Nashville, TN

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 24, 1964

Age 37

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 40

Incident

Trooper Joseph Dillard was killed in an automobile accident on Highway 45 near Medina. A vehicle was passing a truck and struck Trooper Dillard`s patrol car head-on killing him and injuring six other people. Trooper Dillard a U.S Army veteran.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Trooper Dillard served with the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Thank you for your service to the people of Tennessee. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Tennessee Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Nashville, TN

Platform Identity thp.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 24, 1964

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Joseph Emanuel Dillard served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Joseph Emanuel Dillard is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In TN, 191 of 769 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 24.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Tennessee Highway Patrol, 30 of 41 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 73.2% of this agency's fallen.

Tennessee Highway Patrol

of 41 officers

73.2% Accident

TN — Statewide

191

of 769 officers

24.8% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident