Earl Royce Williams
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Earl Royce Williams

Mobile Police Department — Mobile, AL
Felonious
End of Watch June 24, 1968
Age 32
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Earl Williams succumbed to injuries received two days earlier when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. He was directing traffic around the scene of an earlier accident.

A 24-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with second degree murder.

Officer Williams had served with the Mobile Police Department for four years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Williams gave the Mobile Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Mobile community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Williams.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Mobile, Mobile County, AL
Platform Identity mpd.mobile.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 24, 1968
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Earl is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1968, 91 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 62nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Earl was 32. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Earl had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Mobile Police Department has 23 officers remembered here, Earl among them.

Officer Earl Royce Williams

Mobile Police Department · End of Watch June 24, 1968

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 11-E

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