William Moss
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Officer

William Moss

Accident
End of Watch September 12, 1983
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer William Moss was killed in an automobile crash while en route to assist another officer at a crash scene.

During the response, his cruiser struck a tree on JFK Boulevard outside of Houston Intercontinental Airport.

Officer Moss served with the Houston Airport Police Department for one year.

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Permanent identifier
BO-US-TX-8CF79D31
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Last updated
August 2, 2026

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Officer Moss gave the Houston Airport Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Moss.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Houston, TX
Platform Identity hapd.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 12, 1983
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer William Moss is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Houston Airport Police Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
TX — Statewide
657
of 2,421 officers
27.1% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,756 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Moss's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How William Moss Compares

Years of Service
1
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William Moss is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location

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