Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Basinger died when a blood clot from a hip injury broke loose and traveled to his heart. He had sustained the hip injury when his squad car was struck broadside at the Intersection of U. S. Highway 54 and Route E near Brazito while he was traveling to an emergency call. Sheriff Basinger was elected to the first of 5 terms as Sheriff in 1968. Prior to that he was a member of the Cole County Sheriff's Department Auxiliary.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Basinger gave the Cole County Sheriff's Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jefferson City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Basinger.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Wyman S. Basinger is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MO, 26 of 813 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.2% of this state's fallen. That is 5.9 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Wyman S. Basinger's cause is highlighted.
How Wyman S. Basinger Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Wyman S. Basinger is highlighted in Feb.