Frank Henderson Wall, Jr.

Augusta Police Department — Augusta, GA

Felonious

End of Watch November 18, 1958

Age 33

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 17

Incident

Police Officer Frank Wall was shot and killed during a traffic stop of a auto theft suspect. On the night of November 18 dispatch called for all cars to be on the lookout for a black and white Chevrolet, suspected to have been stolen on Monte Sano Avenue by a gunman who minutes earlier robbed Sheehan’s package shop on Wrightsboro Road. Shortly after 8 p.m. Nov. 18, 1958, Officer Wall stopped a vehicle in the 1300 block of Walton Way. Growing suspicious, the Augusta Police Department patrolman drew his weapon from his holster. He barely had time to dismount his bike when the assailant emerged from the car firing a .32-caliber pistol six times, critically wounding Officer Wall. Officer Wall was taken to University Hospital where he died two hours later. In the immediate days after Officer Wall’s slaying, little evidence emerged and police pushed the public to help find the killer. Detective Chief Bill Terry led investigators tracking hundreds of tips and interviewing at least 70 suspects without finding the killer; the killer was never captured.

Survivors

Officer Wall was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Wall served with the Augusta Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Augusta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Wall.

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

Agency

Department Augusta Police Department

Location Augusta, GA

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

Service Record

End of Watch November 18, 1958

Age 33

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Never Captured

Police Officer Frank Henderson Wall, Jr. is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In GA, 548 of 903 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Augusta Police Department, 9 of 18 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Augusta Police Department

of 18 officers

50% Felonious

GA — Statewide

548

of 903 officers

60.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious