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Corporal

Mark David Jones

Hardeeville Police Department — Hardeeville, SC

Accident Veteran

End of Watch February 27, 2005

Age 34

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Corporal Mark Jones was killed in an automobile crash on I-95 in the northbound lane near mile marker 4.

He was responding with lights activated to back up an officer who needed assistance at a local restaurant at approximately 4:20 a.m. During the response, he lost control of his patrol car, traveled off the roadway, and struck several trees in the median.

Corporal Jones was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Hardeeville Police Department for three years.

Survivors

Survivors include his wife, son, two daughters, parents, and two brothers.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 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.
Corporal Jones gave the Hardeeville Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Hardeeville 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

Department Hardeeville Police Department

Location Hardeeville, SC

Platform Identity hpd.jasper.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 27, 2005

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 34

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Mark David Jones served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Corporal Mark David Jones is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In SC, 137 of 438 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

Hardeeville Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

SC — Statewide

137

of 438 officers

31.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Mark David Jones's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Mark David Jones Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service