Gregory Floyd Medlin
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Lieutenant

Gregory Floyd Medlin

Accident
End of Watch November 2, 2003
Age 31
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Gregory Medlin succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile crash five weeks earlier.

He was responding to a call involving a suspicious vehicle parked in front of a church shortly after midnight when his patrol car left the roadway on Bethel Road near College Road. The patrol car flipped over several times, and Lieutenant Medlin was ejected from the vehicle. He was taken to Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee, where he remained until his death.

Lieutenant Medlin had served with the DeSoto County Sheriff's Department for 10 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his two young daughters, parents, two sisters, and nephew.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Medlin gave the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Hernando community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Medlin.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Hernando, DeSoto County, MS
Platform Identity dcso.desoto.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 2, 2003
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Automobile crash

The Sacrifice · Accident

Gregory 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 2003, 80 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 27th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Gregory was 31. 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. Gregory had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

November holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Sundays: 14%.

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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

DeSoto County Sheriff's Office has 10 officers remembered here, Gregory among them.

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Where

Lieutenant Gregory Floyd Medlin

DeSoto County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch November 2, 2003

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 6-W

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