Billy Ray Wynn
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Patrolman

Billy Ray Wynn

Accident
End of Watch December 24, 1967
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Wynn was killed in an automobile while attempting to locate a drunk driver. He had been with the agency for four years and was stationed at Jasper.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Wynn gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Wynn.

— 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 December 24, 1967
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Billy 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 1967, 73 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 38th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Billy had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Sundays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

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

Across the years

Patrolman Billy Ray Wynn

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol · End of Watch December 24, 1967

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 40-W

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