Jack E. Boone, Sr.

Columbus Police Dept. — Columbus, GA

Accident

End of Watch February 15, 1973

Age 37

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 25

Incident

Detective Sergeant Jack Boone was killed in an airplane accident while assigned to the executive protection of the mayor of Columbus. The mayor was flying to Rome, Georgia, for a speaking engagement when the small plane crashed, on Floyd County Road, south of Rome, killing everyone on board.

Survivors

Sergeant Boone is survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Sergeant Boone served with the Columbus Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Sergeant Boone.

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

Agency

Department Columbus Police Dept.

Location Columbus, GA

Platform Identity cpd.muscogee.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 15, 1973

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Detective Sergeant Jack E. Boone, Sr. 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 Columbus Police Dept., 5 of 26 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.2% of this agency's fallen.

Columbus Police Dept.

of 26 officers

19.2% Accident

GA — Statewide

263

of 903 officers

29.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident