Robert Franklin Stinnett
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Patrolman

Robert Franklin Stinnett

Accident
End of Watch July 2, 1965
Tour of Duty 23 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Stinnett was killed in an automobile accident when his patrol car collided with a truck. He had been with the agency for 23 years and was stationed in Vernon.

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23 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Stinnett gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Stinnett.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Austin, Travis County, TX
Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 2, 1965
Tour of Duty 23 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Robert 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 1965, 56 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 83rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Robert had served 23 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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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

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol has 96 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

Across the years

Patrolman Robert Franklin Stinnett

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol · End of Watch July 2, 1965

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 14-E

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