Terry Lee Greer
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Deputy Sheriff

Terry Lee Greer

Kern County Sheriff's Office — Bakersfield, CA
Accident
End of Watch August 7, 1973
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Terry Greer drowned while searching for a possible drowning victim in the Kern-Friant Canal. Deputy Greer became trapped in a large pipe where Freeway 99 crosses the canal. Deputy Greer was a member of the dive team at the time of the incident.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Greer served with the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Bakersfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Greer.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Bakersfield, Kern County, CA
Platform Identity kcso.kern.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 7, 1973
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Terry is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1973, 90 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 13th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Terry was 32. 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
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When

August holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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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

Kern County Sheriff's Office has 28 officers remembered here, Terry among them.

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Where

Deputy Sheriff Terry Lee Greer

Kern County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch August 7, 1973

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 17-W

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