Larry Eugene Hobson
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Patrolman

Larry Eugene Hobson

Accident
End of Watch December 1, 1973
Age 26
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
The Vigil Panel 113 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Larry Hobson and Patrolman Kobler Winn were killed when their patrol car overturned on Texas 31, east of Corsicana. The patrolmen were traveling east, en route to the district office at 7:50 a.m. As they passed a vehicle, their vehicle swerved and struck the bridge abutment, flipped, and landed in a dry creek. Patrolman Hobson had served with the Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol for five years and was stationed at Athens.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Hobson gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Hobson.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Austin, Travis County, TX
Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 1, 1973
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Larry 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 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

Larry was 26. 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. Larry had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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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

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol has 96 officers remembered here, Larry among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Larry Eugene Hobson

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol · End of Watch December 1, 1973

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 59-W

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