Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Larry Maxey was killed in an automobile accident in St. Clair County, Alabama while transporting two AWOL soldiers from Birmingham back to Fort McClellan.
He had been sent to pick them up after they were arrested in Birmingham. As they made the return trip a tractor-trailer crossed the median of I-20 and struck the prisoner transport van head-on. Sergeant Maxey and one of the soldiers were killed in the crash.
Sergeant Maxey, a U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran, was survived by his expectant wife and son. He had served five years with the U.S. Military Police.
Survivors
Army Vietnam War veteran, was survived by his expectant wife and son.
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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.
Sergeant Maxey gave the United States Army Military Police Corps 5 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Larry Dean Maxey served in the U.S. Army (1973â1976) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Larry Dean Maxey 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Army Military Police Corps, 39 of 65 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Larry Dean Maxey's cause is highlighted.
How Larry Dean Maxey Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Larry Dean Maxey is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Military Service
Larry Dean Maxey served in the U.S. Army (1973–1976) before joining law enforcement.
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