Jack E. Boone Sr.
Detective Sergeant

Jack E. Boone Sr.

Columbus Police Department — Columbus, GA
Accident
End of Watch February 15, 1973
Age 37
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Gender Male

Incident

Detective Sergeant Jack Boone was killed in an airplane accident while assigned to the executive protection of the mayor of Columbus. The mayor was flying to Rome, Georgia, for a speaking engagement when the small plane crashed, on Floyd County Road, south of Rome, killing everyone on board.

Survivors

Sergeant Boone is survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Sergeant Boone served with the Columbus Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Sergeant Boone.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Columbus, Muscogee County, GA
Platform Identity cpd.muscogee.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 15, 1973
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Jack 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 1973, 90 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 13th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Jack was 37. 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

February holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Thursdays: 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

Columbus Police Department has 26 officers remembered here, Jack among them.

Detective Sergeant Jack E. Boone Sr.

Columbus Police Department · End of Watch February 15, 1973

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 39-W

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