Charles Monroe Hash

Tennessee Highway Patrol — Nashville, TN

Accident Veteran →

End of Watch April 11, 1930

Age 31

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 40

Incident

Sergeant Hash died while operating a motorcycle in Memphis. He was travelling on Bristol Avenue when a car turned in front of him onto Graham Avenue. Sergeant Hash's motorcycle struck the front of the car and he was thrown from the bike as he was catching up to a speeder. He was transported to Methodist Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries 8 days later. Sergeant Hash was a U.S. Navy veteran and served as the agency's sergeant of the Memphis District.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother and three sisters.

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Added to badge.nw: August 2, 2026
Last updated: August 2, 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.
Sergeant Hash served with the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
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

Department Tennessee Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Nashville, TN

Platform Identity thp.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 11, 1930

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Charles Monroe Hash served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Sergeant Charles Monroe Hash is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 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.

Tennessee Highway Patrol

of 41 officers

73.2% Accident

TN — Statewide

191

of 769 officers

24.8% Accident

Nationwide

10,095

of 32,587 officers

31% Accident