Johnnie Earl Booker
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Trooper

Johnnie Earl Booker

Accident
End of Watch November 2, 1978
Age 28
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Booker was killed in an automobile crash when his patrol car collided with a logging truck on Alabama Route 21, approximately 1-1/2 miles north of Talladega. His patrol car became pinned between the truck and a bridge railing, before catching fire. Trooper Booker had served with the Alabama Department of Public Safety for three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and 2-year-old daughter.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Booker gave the Alabama Department of Public Safety 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Alabama. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Booker.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Montgomery, AL
Platform Identity adps.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 2, 1978
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Trooper Johnnie Earl Booker 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 Alabama Department of Public Safety, 21 of 29 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 72.4% of this agency's fallen.

Alabama Department of Public Safety
21
of 29 officers
72.4% 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. Johnnie Earl Booker'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 Johnnie Earl Booker Compares

Age at End of Watch
28
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
3
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Johnnie Earl Booker is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location