Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Williams was struck by an out of control vehicle while assisting a motorist fix a flat tire on I-94 near Brandon, Minnesota.
Survivors
He had been with the agency for 26 years and was survived by his wife and three children.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
26 years. You could have gone home.
Trooper Williams gave the Minnesota State Patrol 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Minnesota. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Williams.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper Roger Curtis Williams 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 MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Minnesota State Patrol, 5 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 62.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Roger Curtis Williams's cause is highlighted.
How Roger Curtis Williams Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Roger Curtis Williams is highlighted in Feb.
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