Walter Kenneth Floyd
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Investigator

Walter Kenneth Floyd

Accident
End of Watch March 1, 2002
Age 44
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Investigator Walter Floyd was killed in a vehicle collision at the intersection of Brewington Road and June Burn Road at approximately 5:50 pm.

A driver of a vehicle ran a stop sign in front of his Chevrolet Blazer department vehicle. Investigator Floyd's vehicle struck this vehicle on the passenger side. Investigator Floyd was thrown from his vehicle and sustained fatal injuries. The passenger in the other vehicle was also killed and the driver sustained critical injuries.

Investigator Floyd had served in law enforcement for 15 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two grown children.

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Investigator Floyd gave the Clarendon County Sheriff's Office 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Manning community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Investigator Floyd.

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

Agency

Location Manning, SC
Platform Identity ccso.clarendon.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 1, 2002
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Age 44
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Investigator Walter Kenneth Floyd 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 SC, 137 of 438 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Clarendon County Sheriff's Office, 3 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.

Clarendon County Sheriff's Office
3
of 4 officers
75% Accident
SC — Statewide
137
of 438 officers
31.3% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Walter Kenneth Floyd's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Walter Kenneth Floyd Compares

Age at End of Watch
44
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
15
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Walter Kenneth Floyd is highlighted in Mar.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location