Roll of Honor
Incident
Reserve Deputy Ray Mallory and Pilot Lansing Warren were killed in a plane crash as they participated in a search and rescue operation attempting to locate a downed plane. The aircraft in which Deputy Mallory was flying entered a canyon and was struck by a downdraft, which pushed it into a canyon wall. Reserve Deputy Mallory had served with the agency for 14 years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Mallory gave the Kern County Sheriff's Office 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bakersfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Deputy Sheriff Mallory.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Ray Leonard Mallory 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 CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Kern County Sheriff's Office, 18 of 28 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 64.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ray Leonard Mallory's cause is highlighted.
How Ray Leonard Mallory Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Ray Leonard Mallory is highlighted in Aug.
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