Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Maltby was killed in a vehicle crash on FM 570, near County Road 442, south of Eastland, around 8:00 a.m.
A vehicle traveling in the opposite direction swerved into the opposite travel lane to avoid another vehicle, but instead struck Deputy Maltby's patrol car head-on. Deputy Maltby suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene.
Deputy Maltby was a United States Navy Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Eastland County Sheriff's Office for two years after having retired from the Dallas Police Department. He had also served with the Stephenville Police Department and the Comanche Sheriff's Office.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, a brother, a sister, nine grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
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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.
Deputy Sheriff Maltby gave the Eastland County Sheriff's Office 42 years.
Thank you for your service to the Eastland community. 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Kenneth Hubert Maltby served in the U.S. Navy (1964â1969) before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Hubert Maltby 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 TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Eastland County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kenneth Hubert Maltby's cause is highlighted.
How Kenneth Hubert Maltby Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kenneth Hubert Maltby is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
Military Service
Kenneth Hubert Maltby served in the U.S. Navy (1964–1969) before joining law enforcement.
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