Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Bunion Courson was killed in an automobile crash while in pursuit of a vehicle.
His vehicle left the roadway and crashed on Highway 82 approximately 4-1/2 miles north of Hamburg. Residents in the area reported he was in pursuit of a red vehicle at the time.
Sheriff Courson survived the Bataan Death march and three years in a Japanese Prison Camp.
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- July 23, 2026
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23 years. You could have gone home.
Sheriff Coursen gave the Ashley County Sheriff's Office 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Hamburg community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Coursen.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Bunion Aubrey Coursen 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 AR, 92 of 372 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Ashley County Sheriff's Office, 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. Bunion Aubrey Coursen's cause is highlighted.
How Bunion Aubrey Coursen Compares
Offender Outcome
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When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Bunion Aubrey Coursen is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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