Roll of Honor
John Edwin Hollingsworth
Incident
Patrol Officer John Hollingsworth and Pilot Morley Miller were killed in a helicopter crash approximately 1/2-mile west of Fort Stockton, Texas, while on a patrol flight at 12:11 pm. The helicopter was heading south from Fort Stockton when the helicopter started backfiring. Pilot Miller maneuvered the chopper over a field away from the manufacturing plant and people. He had gained control when the helicopter shot up in the air and then came straight down. The tail landed first and burst into flames. Two state troopers and a citizen tried to pull the officers out of the wreckage, but it was too late. Pilot Miller was credited with saving the lives of the plant workers.
Survivors
Officer Hollingsworth was survived by his daughter and mother.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrol Officer Hollingsworth served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Hollingsworth.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Patrol Officer John Edwin Hollingsworth is one of 10,094 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,586 officers honored here.
In DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, 44 of 94 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 46.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Edwin Hollingsworth's cause is highlighted.
How John Edwin Hollingsworth Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
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