Roll of Honor
Incident
Constable Manley Gregory was killed in a vehicle crash near the fairgrounds on the Lancaster-Kershaw Highway.
He and two other officers had seized several slot machines in Kershaw and had returned to Lancaster when they discovered one was missing. As they returned to Kershaw to locate the missing slot machine their car collided with a cabbage truck. Constable Gregory was killed in the collision.
Constable Gregory had served in law enforcement for approximately 24 years. He had previously served with the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, Pageland Police Department, and Kershaw Police Department before being appointed as a constable to the newly formed South Carolina Governor's Officers in June 1935. The South Carolina Governor's Officers later became the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." Matthew 5:9
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24 years. You could have gone home.
Constable Gregory gave the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Columbia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Gregory.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Constable Charles Manley Gregory 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 SC, 137 of 438 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles Manley Gregory's cause is highlighted.
How Charles Manley Gregory Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Charles Manley Gregory is highlighted in Apr.