Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Bill Illingworth succumbed to injuries sustained on September 8th, 1983, when he was involved in a vehicle crash while responding to an armed robbery call. He was driving southbound on Airport Boulevard, near I-26, when a tractor-trailer pulled into the roadway while attempting to make a left turn. The patrol car went underneath of the trailer before striking a utility pole. Corporal Illingworth remained in a coma from the time of the crash until passing away seven years later on February 28th, 1991. Corporal Illingworth was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Cayce Department of Public Safety for 13 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his two children.
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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.
Corporal Illingworth gave the Cayce Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cayce 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
William John Illingworth, Sr. served in the Army (1970â1973) before joining law enforcement.
Corporal William John Illingworth, Sr. 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 Cayce Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William John Illingworth, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How William John Illingworth, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William John Illingworth, Sr. is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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