Roll of Honor
Walter A. Thackerson Sr.
Incident
Agent Walter Thackerson was killed in an automobile crash during a vehicle pursuit in Jefferson County. He and other agents were chasing a vehicle that contained illegal liquor. The vehicle he was riding in overturned on Cumberland Lake Drive. Agent Thackerson was a United States Navy WWII veteran and had served with the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for 17 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three daughters.
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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.
Agent Thackerson gave the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Montgomery community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Walter A. Thackerson Sr. served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.
Agent Walter A. Thackerson Sr. 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 AL, 182 of 643 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.3% of this state's fallen. That is 28.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Walter A. Thackerson Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Walter A. Thackerson Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Walter A. Thackerson Sr. is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
Military Service
Walter A. Thackerson Sr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.
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