Samuel Harold Moore
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Deputy Sheriff

Samuel Harold Moore

Kern County Sheriff's Office — Bakersfield, CA
Accident
End of Watch July 11, 1962
Age 27
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 1 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sam Moore and Reserve Deputy Robert Grabner were killed in an accident at U.S. 99 and Highway 399. Deputy Moore and Deputy Grabner were responding to an officer needs assistance call and pulled out in front of a truck driving on U.S. 99. Deputy Moore had been with the Kern County Sheriff's Office for one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and parents.

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You barely got started.
Deputy Sheriff Moore gave the Kern County Sheriff's Office 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Bakersfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Moore.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Bakersfield, Kern County, CA
Platform Identity kcso.kern.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 11, 1962
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 1 mo
Age 27
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Samuel 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 1962, 69 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 51st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Samuel was 27. 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. Samuel had served 1.1 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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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

Kern County Sheriff's Office has 28 officers remembered here, Samuel among them.

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Where

Deputy Sheriff Samuel Harold Moore

Kern County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch July 11, 1962

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 19-W

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