James H. Tingle
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Trooper

James H. Tingle

Accident Veteran
End of Watch September 7, 1950
Age 27
Tour of Duty 1 mo
Badge 179
The Vigil Panel 86 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Trooper James Tingle succumbed to injuries sustained on August 31st, 1950, while conducting a traffic stop on Highway 49 in Bond, Mississippi. He and his partner had stopped a vehicle and were ticketing the driver for having no driver's license. Trooper Tingle was standing between the stopped vehicle and his patrol car when another vehicle struck the back of the patrol car. Trooper Tingle suffered severe injuries when he was pinned between the two cars. Trooper Tingle was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. He had served with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Highway Patrol for just one month but had previously served the Philadelphia, Missssippi, Police Department.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, parents, and several siblings.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-MS-E25C79BB
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Last updated
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.
Trooper Tingle served with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
Thank you for your service to the people of Mississippi, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Location Jackson, MS
Platform Identity mdpsmhp.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 7, 1950
Tour of Duty 1 mo
Age 27
Badge Number 179
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

James H. Tingle served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Trooper James H. Tingle 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
17
of 28 officers
60.7% Accident
MS — Statewide
89
of 349 officers
25.5% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James H. Tingle's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How James H. Tingle Compares

Age at End of Watch
27
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
0.1
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James H. Tingle is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location