Gregory Phillip Howard
Sergeant

Gregory Phillip Howard

Accident
End of Watch December 16, 1994
Age 38
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Gregory Howard was struck and killed by a vehicle while directing traffic.

Survivors

Sergeant Howard is survived by his wife and daughter.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-US-GA-637555C3
Stewardship
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Location Rome, GA
Platform Identity fcpd.floyd.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 16, 1994
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sergeant Gregory Phillip Howard 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 Floyd County Police Dept., 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Floyd County Police Dept.
2
of 2 officers
100% Accident
GA — Statewide
263
of 903 officers
29.1% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Gregory Phillip Howard's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Gregory Phillip Howard Compares

Age at End of Watch
38
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Gregory Phillip Howard is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

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