Joe Cecil Clark
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Deputy Sheriff

Joe Cecil Clark

Accident
End of Watch February 18, 1959
Age 59
Tour of Duty 1 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Joe Clark was killed when a fire truck that was responding to a fire collided with his patrol car.

Deputy Clark had been with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office for six weeks.

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Clark served with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Tulsa community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Clark.

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

Agency

Location Tulsa, OK
Platform Identity tcso.tulsa.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 18, 1959
Tour of Duty 1 mo
Age 59
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff Joe Cecil Clark 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 OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 9.1% of this agency's fallen.

Tulsa County Sheriff's Office
1
of 11 officers
9.1% Accident
OK — Statewide
135
of 582 officers
23.2% 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. Joe Cecil Clark'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 Joe Cecil Clark Compares

Age at End of Watch
59
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. Joe Cecil Clark is highlighted in Feb.

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