Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police Wallace Clinard died at a local hospital from injuries he sustained in an automobile crash while responding to a call for service. His patrol car struck an embankment next to a bridge on South Lamont Road. He was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and succumbed to his injuries about a month and a half later. Chief Clinard was a United States Army Vietnam War veteran who had served with the Cross Plains Police Department for 20 years and had been in law enforcement for a total of 24 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, mother, sister, four brothers, and eleven grandchildren.
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- April 2, 2026
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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.
Chief of Police Clinard gave the Cross Plains Police Department 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cross Plains community, 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
Wallace Lee Clinard served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Chief of Police Wallace Lee Clinard 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Wallace Lee Clinard's cause is highlighted.
How Wallace Lee Clinard Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Wallace Lee Clinard is highlighted in Nov.