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Trooper

Samuel Freeman Holcomb Jr.

Tennessee Highway Patrol — Nashville, TN

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch March 27, 1988

Age 37

Tour of Duty 13 yrs 6 mo

Badge 700

The Vigil Panel 133 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 40

Incident

Trooper Samuel Holcomb was killed when he was struck by a vehicle on I-40 in Dickson County at 6 am. He had stopped a suspicious vehicle, and as he was exiting his patrol car, he was struck from behind by a driver who had been blinded by the early morning sunlight. No legal action was taken against the subject. Trooper Holcomb was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Tennessee Highway Patrol for 13 and a half years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, his mother, two brothers, and three sisters.

In Our Keeping

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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.
Trooper Holcomb gave the Tennessee Highway Patrol 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Tennessee, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Tennessee Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Nashville, TN

Platform Identity thp.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 27, 1988

Tour of Duty 13 yrs 6 mo

Age 37

Badge Number 700

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Samuel Freeman Holcomb Jr. served in the U.S. Navy (1972â1974) before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Samuel Freeman Holcomb Jr. 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 TN, 191 of 769 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 24.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Tennessee Highway Patrol, 30 of 41 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 73.2% of this agency's fallen.

Tennessee Highway Patrol

of 41 officers

73.2% Accident

TN — Statewide

191

of 769 officers

24.8% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident