Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Dexter Holcomb was struck and killed by a school bus while directing traffic during school dismissal.
Lieutenant Holcomb was directing traffic near Oxford High School. He was standing at the foot of a hill near the intersection of College and Snow Streets when a school bus driver lost control of the bus and struck him. Officer Holcomb was pinned underneath for about 15 minutes while rescue workers used airbags to lift the bus.
Lieutenant Holcomb was airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where he died from his injuries.
Lieutenant Holcomb had served on the Oxford Police force for more than twenty years, and he also served as a volunteer firefighter in Piedmont, Alabama.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
21 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Holcomb gave the Oxford Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Oxford community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Holcomb.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Dexter Holcomb 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%.
At Oxford Police Department, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Dexter Holcomb's cause is highlighted.
How Dexter Holcomb Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Dexter Holcomb is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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