Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Samuel Parker succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on December 19, 1974. Deputy Parker was driving on Vineland Road at 6:30 a.m. when a driver turned left in front of him at Kirkland Boulevard. Unable to stop, his motorcycle hit the left front of the car. He was transported to the hospital, where he suffered a broken leg and broken collar bone, and part of his leg had to be amputated. As he was being prepared for surgery the next month, he suffered a fatal heart attack. Deputy Parker was a United States Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran and served with the Orange County Sheriff's Office for four years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Parker gave the Orange County Sheriff's Office 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Orlando community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Samuel Parker, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Deputy Sheriff Samuel Parker, Jr. 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 FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 0.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Orange County Sheriff's Office, 5 of 21 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Samuel Parker, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Samuel Parker, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Samuel Parker, Jr. is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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