Adrian Cole

Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol — Jackson, MS

Accident

End of Watch September 8, 1940

Age 34

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Badge 105

The Vigil Panel 77 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 27

Incident

Trooper Adrian Cole was killed in a motorcycle crash on Highway 49, in Simpson County, while attempting to catch up to a traffic violator about 1:00 pm. He was transported to Jackson Hospital where he died on September 8th, 1940, without ever having regained consciousness. Trooper Cole was assigned to Troop C and had served with the Mississippi Highway Patrol for one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two children, parents, two sisters, and one brother.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Trooper Cole gave the Mississippi Department of Public Safety 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Mississippi. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Cole.

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

Agency

Department Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol

Location Jackson, MS

Platform Identity mdpsmhp.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 8, 1940

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 34

Badge Number 105

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Trooper Adrian Cole 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 - Mississippi Highway Patrol, 17 of 28 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60.7% of this agency's fallen.

Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol

of 28 officers

60.7% Accident

MS — Statewide

of 349 officers

25.5% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident