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Deputy Sheriff

Reginald Bernard Thomas

King County Sheriffs Department — Seattle, WA

Veteran → Illness

End of Watch September 7, 2020

Age 56

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

Badge 1086

The Vigil Panel 172 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 17

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Reggie Thomas suffered a fatal stroke while on patrol at Airport Way South and South Doris Street in Seattle at 12:18 pm.

He lost control of the patrol car and hit a parked vehicle on the side of the road. The passenger who was sitting in her car at the time of the crash died at the scene. He was transported to Harborview Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries nine days later.

Deputy Thomas was a United States Army veteran and had served with the King County Sheriff's Office for 30 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his mother.

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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.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas gave the King County Sheriff's Office 30 years.
Thank you for your service to the Seattle 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 King County Sheriffs Department

Type Other

Location Seattle, WA

Platform Identity kingso.king.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 7, 2020

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

Age 56

Badge Number 1086

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Reginald Bernard Thomas served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Deputy Sheriff Reginald Bernard Thomas is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In WA, 19 of 340 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 5.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At King County Sheriffs Department, 1 of 18 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this agency's fallen.

King County Sheriffs Department

of 18 officers

5.6% Illness

WA — Statewide

of 340 officers

5.6% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Illness