Roll of Honor
Charles Austin Pryor
Incident
Patrolman Charles Pryor was killed when his patrol car collided with a truck on U.S. 87-287, a little over three miles south of the Moore County line. The truck was turning left across the southbound lanes, and Patrolman Pryor was traveling south. The truck and patrol car struck almost head-on, flipping the car over and landing 75 feet from the impact. Patrolman Pryor was killed instantly. Three men in the truck were injured. Patrolman Pryor was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol for three years, assigned to Dumas.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, infant son, parents, five sisters, and two brothers.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- 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.
Patrolman Pryor gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Charles Austin Pryor served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Patrolman Charles Austin Pryor 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, 56 of 95 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 58.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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