Randall Lynn Fletcher
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Officer

Randall Lynn Fletcher

Fort Worth Police Department — Fort Worth, TX
Felonious
End of Watch August 31, 1977
Age 24
Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo
Badge 1420
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Randy Fletcher was killed after being struck by a vehicle operated by an intoxicated driver on the North Freeway in Fort Worth. Shortly after midnight, Officer Fletcher was helping a truck driver place flares around his disabled truck when his patrol car was hit. The force of impact pinned him between his patrol vehicle and the disabled truck. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Officer Fletcher had served with the Fort Worth Police Department for over three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his daughter, parents, sister, and fiancée.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Fletcher gave the Fort Worth Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Fletcher.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Fort Worth, Denton County, TX
Platform Identity fwpd.tarrant.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 31, 1977
Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo
Age 24
Badge Number 1420
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Randall is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1977, 128 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 36th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Randall was 24. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Randall had served 3.5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Fort Worth Police Department has 59 officers remembered here, Randall among them.

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Where

Officer Randall Lynn Fletcher

Fort Worth Police Department · End of Watch August 31, 1977

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 61-W

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