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Marine Patrolman

Walter Britt Sawyer

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Marine Police Division — Montgomery, AL

Accident Veteran

End of Watch December 7, 1966

Age 39

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Marine Patrolman Walter Sawyer was killed when his patrol car struck a tractor-trailer that was making an illegal U-turn on U.S. 431 one-half mile south of Eufaula. Patrolman Sawyer was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Alabama Marine Police for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, four children, and two grandchildren.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 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.
Marine Patrolman Sawyer gave the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources 5 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

Department Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Marine Police Division

Location Montgomery, AL

Platform Identity adcnrmpdcons.montgomery.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 7, 1966

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 39

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Walter Britt Sawyer served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Marine Patrolman Walter Britt Sawyer 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 AL, 182 of 643 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.3% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Marine Police Division

of 1 officers

100% Accident

AL — Statewide

182

of 643 officers

28.3% 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 Britt Sawyer'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 Britt Sawyer Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service