Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Bill Dyer passed away as the result of a medical emergency he suffered while on patrol two months earlier. The condition caused him to lose consciousness, and his patrol car subsequently crashed on I-10 in Leon County.
He was transported to a local hospital where he remained in a coma until passing away.
Trooper Dyer had served with the Florida Highway Patrol for 16 years.
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Dyer gave the Florida Highway Patrol 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Florida. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Dyer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper William Herman Dyer, III 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 Highway Patrol, 25 of 54 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 46.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Herman Dyer, III's cause is highlighted.
How William Herman Dyer, III Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William Herman Dyer, III is highlighted in Dec.
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