Wallace M. McCarty
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Patrolman

Wallace M. McCarty

Colorado State Patrol — Lakewood, CO
Felonious
End of Watch January 24, 1946
Age 34
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Wallace McCarty succumbed to injuries received two days earlier when his cruiser was struck head-on on Colorado 6 near Hudson. A truck crossed the center lane and struck his cruiser. A civilian passenger in Patrolman McCarty's cruiser was killed instantly. The 53-year-old truck driver was charged with manslaughter. Patrolman McCarthy had been with the agency for two years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman McCarty gave the Colorado State Patrol 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Colorado. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman McCarty.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Lakewood, CO
Platform Identity chp.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 24, 1946
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Wallace is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1946, 91 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 62nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Wallace was 34. 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. Wallace had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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By day of the week
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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
Weapons recorded
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His people

Colorado State Patrol has 30 officers remembered here, Wallace among them.

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Where

Patrolman Wallace M. McCarty

Colorado State Patrol · End of Watch January 24, 1946

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 44-W

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