Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Milton Whatley suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a burglar alarm in the 4300 block of Holland Avenue. He had run up a long flight of stairs to the location of the alarm, which turned out to be a false. As he returned to his cruiser he suffered the heart attack. His partner requested an ambulance and was rushed to transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital where he died shortly after arrival. Officer Whatley was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam war and had served with the Dallas Police Department for two years.
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- July 23, 2026
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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.
Officer Whatley gave the Dallas Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Military Service
Milton Earl Whatley served in the Navy (1964â1967) before joining law enforcement.
Officer Milton Earl Whatley is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 88 of 2,421 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.6% of this state's fallen.
At Dallas Police Department, 3 of 95 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Milton Earl Whatley's cause is highlighted.
How Milton Earl Whatley Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
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