Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Danny Cordes was killed when his police motorcycle was struck by a trailer that had come loose from a pickup truck at 10:15 am. Officer Cordes was traveling westbound on East Broad Street when a pickup truck with a trailer traveling eastbound became disconnected. The trailer hit Officer Cordes head-on, and he died en route to the hospital. The driver of the truck fled the scene. It was later determined that he had escaped jail in Missouri and was on the FBI's Most Wanted list. The subject turned himself in a few months later. Officer Cordes had served with the Mansfield Police Department for 20 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
20 years. You could have gone home.
Officer Cordes gave the Mansfield Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Mansfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Cordes.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Danny Forest Cordes 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Danny Forest Cordes's cause is highlighted.
How Danny Forest Cordes Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Danny Forest Cordes is highlighted in May.