Billy Walter Daugherty
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Senior Corporal

Billy Walter Daugherty

Dallas Police Department — Dallas, TX
Accident
End of Watch August 14, 1992
Age 41
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
Badge 3051
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Gender Male

Incident

Senior Corporal Billy Daugherty died four days after suffering severe head injuries when his motorcycle crashed on Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway near Skillman Street. Senior Corporal Daughtery was attempting to pull over a speeding motorist when he hit a rise in the asphalt, flipping his motorcycle and skidding almost 200 feet. He was transferred to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he succumbed to severe head injuries on August 14, 1992. He had served with the Dallas Police Department for 21 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and three sons.

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21 years. You could have gone home.
Senior Corporal Daugherty gave the Dallas Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Corporal Daugherty.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Dallas, Collin County, TX
Platform Identity dpd.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 14, 1992
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
Age 41
Badge Number 3051
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.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1992, 60 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 73rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Billy was 41. 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. Billy had served 21 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. 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

Dallas Police Department has 95 officers remembered here, Billy among them.

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Where

Senior Corporal Billy Walter Daugherty

Dallas Police Department · End of Watch August 14, 1992

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 63-E

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