Joe Cecil Clark
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Deputy Sheriff

Joe Cecil Clark

Accident
End of Watch February 18, 1959
Age 59
Tour of Duty 1 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Joe Clark was killed when a fire truck that was responding to a fire collided with his patrol car.

Deputy Clark had been with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office for six weeks.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Clark served with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Tulsa community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Clark.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK
Platform Identity tcso.tulsa.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 18, 1959
Tour of Duty 1 mo
Age 59
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Joe is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1959, 58 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 77th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joe was 59. 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. Joe had served 0.1 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

February holds 7.2% 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.

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His people

Tulsa County Sheriff's Office has 11 officers remembered here, Joe among them.

Deputy Sheriff Joe Cecil Clark

Tulsa County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch February 18, 1959

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 4-W

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