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Lloyd Carrol Clevenger

Died December 20, 1974

Lloyd Carrol Clevenger served in the U.S. Army for 3 months. Lloyd served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.

How He Died
Manner Homicide
Cause Gunshot wound
Mechanism Motor vehicle
What Happened

Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Clevenger and Deputy Sheriff Billy Smith were killed in an automobile crash while on patrol. The deputies were turning onto an on-ramp for I-40 when their vehicle was broadsided by a drunk driver who was driving without headlights on. Both deputies were killed instantly. The drunk driver was acquitted on a technicality.

Survivors
Deputy Clevenger was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.
Media
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Service Record
U.S. Army
1961 – 1961
Also Served
Cocke County Sheriff's Department
Deputy Sheriff
Memorials
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Panel 63-W · Line 9 cut as LLOYD CLEVENGER
In Our Keeping
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In tribute

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.

Deputy Sheriff Clevenger served with the Cocke County Sheriff's Office.

Thank you for your service to the Newport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Clevenger.

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

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