Roll of Honor
Robert Alton Guilliams
Incident
Sergeant Robert Guilliams was killed in a vehicle collision while he was responding to another vehicle crash call on I-55 in Pemiscot County at 4:20 a.m.
He was traveling southbound when his cruiser hydroplaned on the wet roadway and struck a bridge abutment.
Sergeant Guilliams was a U.S Air Force veteran and had served with the Missouri State Highway Patrol for 17 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two young children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Guilliams gave the Missouri State Highway Patrol 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Missouri. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Robert Alton Guilliams served in the Air Force (1978â1982) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Robert Alton Guilliams 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%.
At Missouri State Highway Patrol, 18 of 33 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 54.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Alton Guilliams's cause is highlighted.
How Robert Alton Guilliams Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
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