Edwin DeRonda Milam
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Patrolman

Edwin DeRonda Milam

South Carolina Highway Patrol — Blythewood, SC
Felonious
End of Watch December 25, 1934
Age 25
Tour of Duty 5 mo
The Vigil Panel 69 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Milam was beaten, stabbed, and shot after stopping to break up a civil disturbance between two men outside a church in Greenville County. As Patrolman Milam attempted to arrest the two men they both attacked him, beat him with a rock, stabbed him, and then shot him. Both suspects were apprehended later that day in Asheville, North Carolina. Both suspects were convicted of first degree murder and executed in the electric chair on December 21, 1935.

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

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Blythewood, Fairfield County, SC
Platform Identity schp.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 25, 1934
Tour of Duty 5 mo
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Edwin 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 1934, 178 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 16th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Edwin was 25. 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. Edwin had served 0.4 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 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

By month
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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

South Carolina Highway Patrol has 52 officers remembered here, Edwin among them.

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Where

Patrolman Edwin DeRonda Milam

South Carolina Highway Patrol · End of Watch December 25, 1934

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 59-E

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