William D. Huckaby
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Sergeant

William D. Huckaby

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA
Accident
End of Watch January 12, 1964
Age 33
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Badge 2198
Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant William Huckaby was killed in a motorcycle crash while attempting to rescue three small children who had climbed onto a slow-moving freight train. As he followed the train down the right of way next to the track, he struck a guy wire which had been strung across the roadway at Nadeau Street in the Firestone Park area. He succumbed to his injuries four days later. Sergeant Huckaby had served with the California Highway Patrol for seven years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Huckaby gave the California Highway Patrol 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Huckaby.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Sacramento, CA
Platform Identity chp.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 12, 1964
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 33
Badge Number 2198
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

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

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1964, 68 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 54th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

William was 33. 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. William had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Sundays: 14%.

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How

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

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His people

California Highway Patrol has at least 120 officers remembered here, William among them.

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Where

Sergeant William D. Huckaby

California Highway Patrol · End of Watch January 12, 1964

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 56-E

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