Roll of Honor
Ernest Joseph Gray, Jr.
Incident
Enforcement Agent Ernest Gray succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile accident three days earlier while en route to an enforcement activity.
Agent Gray's department vehicle hydroplaned on Route 22, near New Alexandria, and collided with a cement hauler traveling in the opposite direction. He was transported to Latrobe Area Hospital where he remained on life support until succumbing to his injuries.
Agent Gray was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had previously served with the Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Police Department.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, mother, four brothers, and one sister.
In Our Keeping
- Permanent identifier
BO-US-PA-86754ED5- Stewardship
- Maintained by NeuraWeb Global Inc.
- Added to badge.nw
- August 2, 2026
- Last updated
- August 2, 2026
Honored here by 1 sentinel - 1 tribute.
Are you family? This record can be claimed and maintained by those who knew Ernest. Claim this record.
Also honored at salute.nw — U.S. Marine Corps. One record, 2 gates. Ernest is one person.
This page is permanent and free. No fee to view it, no advertising, no tracking, and no account required. It will not be taken down.
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.
Enforcement Agent Gray served with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
Thank you for your service to the Harrisburg community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Ernest Joseph Gray, Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.
Enforcement Agent Ernest Joseph Gray, Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 33.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ernest Joseph Gray, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Ernest Joseph Gray, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Ernest Joseph Gray, Jr. is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
Military Service
Ernest Joseph Gray, Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.
Visit Ernest Joseph Gray, Jr.’s page on salute.nw →
His full service record — units, decorations, where he served — is kept on salute.nw.
Others Who Wore This Badge
0 officers from Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission are honored on badge.nw.