Richard B. Hammack
Deputy Sheriff

Richard B. Hammack

Felonious
End of Watch May 11, 1992
Age 31
Tour of Duty 7 yrs 6 mo
Badge 5044
The Vigil Panel 138 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Richard Hammack was shot and killed while serving a high-risk search warrant at a mobile home on Gazelle Drive, in Palmdale. Investigators were conducting the search as part of an amphetamine distribution investigation. The subject opened fire through the walls of the mobile home, wounding one deputy. Deputy Hammack, who was not wearing a bulletproof vest, was struck in the neck, face, and upper body by rifle fire as he ran to assist two other deputies who had been fired upon. Deputy Hammack had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 7-1/2 years and was assigned to the Antelope Valley Station.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Hammack gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Hammack.

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

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Type Other
Location Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lacso.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 11, 1992
Tour of Duty 7 yrs 6 mo
Age 31
Badge Number 5044
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Rifle

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Richard is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1992, 93 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 59th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Richard was 31. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Richard had served 7.5 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

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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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 rifle, in 5.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Richard among them.

Across the years
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Where

Deputy Sheriff Richard B. Hammack

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch May 11, 1992

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 55-E

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