Patrolman

Clovis Lee Cole

Tennessee Highway Patrol — Nashville, TN
Accident
End of Watch May 2, 1934
Age 27
The Vigil Panel 68 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Cole died while operating a motorcycle in Union City.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Cole served with the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Thank you for your service to the people of Tennessee. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Cole.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Platform Identity thp.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 2, 1934
Age 27
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Clovis is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1934, 91 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 12th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Clovis was 27. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
III

When

May holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Tennessee Highway Patrol has 41 officers remembered here, Clovis among them.

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Where

Patrolman Clovis Lee Cole

Tennessee Highway Patrol · End of Watch May 2, 1934

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 52-W

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