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Deputy Sheriff

James C. Wright

Dallas County Sheriff's Department — Dallas, TX
Accident
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End of Watch September 28, 1924
Age 45
The Vigil Panel 47 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 19

Incident

Deputy sheriffs James C. Wright, Lonnie Marshall and Edward Thompson were traveling by automobile to serve a search warrant for an illegal whiskey still in the Trinity River bottoms. Deputy Marshall was driving and Deputy Wright was the front seat passenger when their squad car struck another vehicle. Wright was thrown from the vehicle and suffered severe head injuries. Marshall received severe cuts on his head and arms and Thompson was uninjured. Wright died from his injuries on September 28, 1924.

Wright was survived by his wife, Bettie, his father, a brother and three sisters. He was buried in the Mesquite Cemetery.

Survivors

Wright was survived by his wife, Bettie, his father, a brother and three sisters.

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

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

Agency

Department Dallas County Sheriff's Department
Type Sheriff's Office
Location Dallas, Dallas County, TX
Platform Identity dcso.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 28, 1924
Age 45
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Automobile crash

The Sacrifice · Accident

James 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 1924, 86 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 18th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

James was 45. 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.

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When

September holds 9.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Sundays: 14%.

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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

Dallas County Sheriff's Department has 20 officers remembered here, James among them.

Across the years

Deputy Sheriff James C. Wright

Dallas County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch September 28, 1924

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 45-W

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