C. B. Martin
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Trooper

C. B. Martin

Tennessee Highway Patrol — Nashville, TN
Accident
End of Watch May 4, 1969
Age 48
Badge 296
Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Martin was killed in an automobile accident near Sparta, Tennessee.

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

— 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 4, 1969
Age 48
Badge Number 296
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

C. 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 1969, 62 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 70th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

C. was 48. 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

May holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 14%.

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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, C. among them.

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Where

Trooper C. B. Martin

Tennessee Highway Patrol · End of Watch May 4, 1969

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 39-W

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