Joe Lynn Young

Copiah County Sheriff's Office — Gallman, MS

Accident

End of Watch October 26, 1997

Age 36

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Chief Deputy Sheriff Joe Young succumbed to injuries sustained four days earlier when he was involved in a single-vehicle crash on Harmony Road while on duty. He was wearing his seat belt but it was ripped apart on impact and he was thrown from his vehicle. Chief Deputy Young had served with the Copiah County Sheriff's Office for six years and was the acting sheriff at the time of the crash.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, three children, and mother.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Young gave the Copiah County Sheriff's Office 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Gallman community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Deputy Sheriff Young.

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

Agency

Department Copiah County Sheriff's Office

Location Gallman, MS

Platform Identity ccso.copiah.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 26, 1997

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Chief Deputy Sheriff Joe Lynn Young 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 Copiah County Sheriff's Office, 4 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

Copiah County Sheriff's Office

of 5 officers

80% Accident

MS — Statewide

of 349 officers

25.5% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident