Charles Callaway Mercer, Jr.

Georgia Department of Natural Resources — Social Circle, GA

Accident

End of Watch November 29, 1968

Age 33

Tour of Duty 5 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 9

Incident

Ranger Charles Mercer was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Georgia 96 two miles inside of Twiggs County near Tarversville.

Ranger Mercer had served with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for 5-1/2 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Ranger Mercer gave the Georgia Department of Natural Resources 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Social Circle community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Ranger Mercer.

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

Agency

Department Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Location Social Circle, GA

Platform Identity gdnrcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 29, 1968

Tour of Duty 5 yrs 6 mo

Age 33

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Ranger Charles Callaway Mercer, Jr. 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 Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 3 of 10 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this agency's fallen.

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

of 10 officers

30% Accident

GA — Statewide

263

of 903 officers

29.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident