William Allen "Bubba" Elliott

Richmond County Sheriff's Dept. — Augusta, GA

Accident

End of Watch February 25, 1968

Age 61

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Deputy Sheriff William Elliott was killed in a vehicle crash in the 1200 block of Troupe Street while responding to a rape call.

Another car ran a stop sign as the patrol car approached the intersection of Richmond Avenue and Troupe Street. The driver of the patrol car attempted to avoid a collision and skidded into a tree in the front yard of 1229 Troupe Street. Deputy Elliott was ejected from the vehicle and suffered fatal injuries.

Deputy Elliott had served with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office for 18 years and had previously served with the Augusta Fire Department and Fort Gordon Fire Department.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, four daughters, four grandchildren, and three sisters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Elliott gave the Richmond County Sheriff's Office 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Augusta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Elliott.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Richmond County Sheriff's Dept.

Location Augusta, GA

Platform Identity rcso.richmond.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 25, 1968

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

Age 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff William Allen "Bubba" Elliott 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 GA, 263 of 903 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Richmond County Sheriff's Dept., 5 of 14 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 35.7% of this agency's fallen.

Richmond County Sheriff's Dept.

of 14 officers

35.7% Accident

GA — Statewide

263

of 903 officers

29.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident