Marc Lee Whatley

Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Narcotics — Byram, MS

Accident Veteran →

End of Watch August 20, 1998

Age 29

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Agent Marc Whatley was killed in a traffic crash on Highway 15 near Bay Springs, Mississippi, when the vehicle in which he was driving struck a truck that was pulling a cattle trailer.

The truck had pulled in front of them as they were chasing a possible drug suspect. Another narcotics officer was injured in the accident.

Highway 15 from Trace Road north to Highway 537 was renamed the "Marc Lee Whatley Memorial Highway."

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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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.
Narcotics Agent Whatley gave the Mississippi Department of Public Safety 2 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Narcotics

Location Byram, MS

Platform Identity mdpsbndps.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 20, 1998

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 29

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Marc Lee Whatley served in the Army (1987â1992) before joining law enforcement.

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Narcotics Agent Marc Lee Whatley 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 MS, 89 of 349 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25.5% of this state's fallen. That is 5.5 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Narcotics, 3 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Narcotics

of 5 officers

60% Accident

MS — Statewide

of 349 officers

25.5% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident