Charles Christopher Plumleigh
Reserve Deputy Sheriff

Charles Christopher Plumleigh

Accident
End of Watch March 1, 1978
Age 23
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Reserve Deputy Sheriff Charles Plumleigh and Deputy Sheriff Gregory Low were killed in an automobile crash. The two deputies were responding to a burglary in progress call when their patrol car collided with a second patrol car at the intersection of 30th Street West and Avenue K in Lancaster. Reserve Deputy Plumleigh died three days later from his injuries. The three deputies in the second patrol car suffered minor injuries. Reserve Deputy Plumleigh had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for one year.

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You barely got started.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Plumleigh gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Deputy Sheriff Plumleigh.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lacso.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 1, 1978
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Charles 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 1978, 78 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 30th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Charles was 23. 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. Charles had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. 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.

Every cause
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His people

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Charles among them.

Across the years
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Where

Reserve Deputy Sheriff Charles Christopher Plumleigh

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch March 1, 1978

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 28-E

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