William T. Mills

DeQueen Police Department — DeQueen, AR

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch July 5, 1984

Age 33

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Badge 21

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 3

Incident

Captain William Mills, Patrolman Herman Jones, Patrolman William Gilham, and Sergeant Roy Brewer were all killed in a head-on automobile crash while en route to attend the funeral of Trooper Louis Bryant of the Arkansas State Police. Trooper Bryant had been shot and killed in the line of duty six days earlier. Captain Mills was a U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran and served with the DeQueen Police Department for 11 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his expectant wife.

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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.
Captain Mills gave the DeQueen Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the DeQueen 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

Department DeQueen Police Department

Type Police Department

Location DeQueen, AR

Platform Identity dpd.sevier.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 5, 1984

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Age 33

Badge Number 21

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

William T. Mills served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Captain William T. Mills 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 AR, 92 of 372 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.7% of this state's fallen. That is 24.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At DeQueen Police Department, 4 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

DeQueen Police Department

of 4 officers

100% Accident

AR — Statewide

of 372 officers

24.7% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident