Roll of Honor
Samuel S. Pinney
Incident
Deputy Game Warden Sam Pinney was killed in a single vehicle crash on the old Spanish trail (current-day U.S. Route 90), 20 miles west of DeFuniak Springs at 11:00 p.m.
Deputy Game Warden Pinney and another Game Warden were returning to Pensacola after traveling throughout several West Florida Counties, delivering quail to help prevent extinction. They crashed into a barrier and overturned. It took over an hour to rescue the other deputy from the wrecked vehicle, who survived without minor injuries. Deputy Game Warden Pinney succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
Deputy Game Warden Pinney had served with the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission since its inception in November of 1925, assigned to Escambia County. Prior to serving as a deputy game warden, he was a probation officer.
Survivors
He was survived by one daughter and five sons.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Deputy Game Warden Pinney gave the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Tallahassee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Game Warden Pinney.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Game Warden Samuel S. Pinney 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 Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, 10 of 15 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Samuel S. Pinney's cause is highlighted.
How Samuel S. Pinney Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Samuel S. Pinney is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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