Willie Dale Taylor
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Corporal

Willie Dale Taylor

Accident
End of Watch May 19, 1990
Age 50
Tour of Duty 28 yrs
Badge 824
The Vigil Panel 136 ›
Gender Male

Incident

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28 years. You could have gone home.
Corporal Taylor gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Taylor.

— 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 May 19, 1990
Tour of Duty 28 yrs
Age 50
Badge Number 824
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Willie 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 1990, 66 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 64th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Willie was 50. 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. Willie had served 28 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 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years

Corporal Willie Dale Taylor

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol · End of Watch May 19, 1990

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 25-W

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