Roll of Honor
Incident
Marshal Landers was killed in an automobile accident while on patrol on Highways 5 and Highway 240 at 2330 hours near the northern border of Fayette. Another vehicle crossed the center line and struck Marshal Landers' vehicle head-on. The other driver was injured and charged with manslaughter. Marshal Landers had retired the previous April after 34 years with the department and was filling in for the regular marshal.
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34 years. You could have gone home.
Night Marshal Landers gave the Fayette Police Department 34 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Fayette community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Night Marshal Landers.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Night Marshal William Martin Landers 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Martin Landers's cause is highlighted.
How William Martin Landers Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William Martin Landers is highlighted in Jul.