Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Roy Mynatt was killed in an automobile crash on US 27, at Highway 61, near Rockwood, Tennessee, during a vehicle pursuit. He was speaking with a person at a service station when he observed a car the Highway Patrol was looking for drive by. At 8:15 p.m., as he attempted to stop the vehicle, his car went out of control and struck an oncoming vehicle. The impact caused Trooper Mynatt's patrol car to explode. Trooper Mynatt was a U.S. Army WWII veteran and had served with the Tennessee Highway Patrol for 15 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and five children.
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- 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 Mynatt gave the Tennessee Highway Patrol 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Tennessee, and 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
Roy Alford Mynatt served in the Army (1943â1946) before joining law enforcement.
Trooper Roy Alford Mynatt 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 TN, 191 of 769 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Tennessee Highway Patrol, 30 of 41 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 73.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Roy Alford Mynatt's cause is highlighted.
How Roy Alford Mynatt Compares
Offender Outcome
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When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Roy Alford Mynatt is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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