Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Thomas Auger and Chief Deputy John Peacock were killed in an airplane accident while en route to Big Springs, Texas, to extradite a prisoner. The prisoner had escaped from the West Carroll Parish Jail several years earlier. The plane took off during a severe thunderstorm and crashed only minutes into its flight. Sheriff Auger, Chief Deputy Peacock, and two local farmers who were accompanying them, were killed. Sheriff Auger had served in law enforcement for 20 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, and two daughters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
20 years. You could have gone home.
Sheriff Auger gave the West Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Oak Grove community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Auger.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Thomas W. Auger, Jr. 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 LA, 180 of 595 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At West Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas W. Auger, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Thomas W. Auger, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas W. Auger, Jr. is highlighted in Sep.
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