Roll of Honor
Henning Franklin Musselwhite
Incident
Special Agent Henning Musselwhite was killed when a Southern Railroad non-stop passenger train struck the rear of a work train near Dame's Ferry, Georgia.
Agent Musselwhite was in the caboose of the work train which was at the scene of an earlier derailment involving the Southern Railroad's Royal Palm passenger train. The non-stop train came around a sharp curve in the tracks and collided with work train, killing Agent Musselwhite and injuring several other workers.
Agent Musselwhite had served with the Southern Railroad Police for at least five years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and eight children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Musselwhite gave the Southern Railway Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Musselwhite.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Special Agent Henning Franklin Musselwhite 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 DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Southern Railway Police Department, 1 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 5.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henning Franklin Musselwhite's cause is highlighted.
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
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