Wells Cortright Hammond

Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol — Harrisburg, PA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch October 14, 1929

Age 24

Tour of Duty 10 mo

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Gender Male

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Incident

Patrolman Wells Hammond was killed when his motorcycle skid on the wet roadway. He was thrown from the motorcycle into the path of a motor vehicle approaching from the opposite direction, and run over. Patrolman Hammond was a U.S Army veteran and had served with the Pennsylvania Highway Patrol for ten months.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents and six siblings.

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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.
Patrolman Hammond served with the Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Harrisburg, PA

Platform Identity pshp.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 14, 1929

Tour of Duty 10 mo

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Wells Cortright Hammond served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Wells Cortright Hammond 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 33.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol, 10 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 55.6% of this agency's fallen.

Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol

of 18 officers

55.6% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident