U.S. Navy · United States 
Kenneth Maltby
2016
Kenneth Hubert Maltby served the U.S. Navy for 6 years.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Maltby was killed in a vehicle crash on FM 570, near County Road 442, south of Eastland, around 8:00 a.m.
A vehicle traveling in the opposite direction swerved into the opposite travel lane to avoid another vehicle, but instead struck Deputy Maltby's patrol car head-on. Deputy Maltby suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene.
Deputy Maltby was a United States Navy Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Eastland County Sheriff's Office for two years after having retired from the Dallas Police Department. He had also served with the Stephenville Police Department and the Comanche Sheriff's Office.
A vehicle traveling in the opposite direction swerved into the opposite travel lane to avoid another vehicle, but instead struck Deputy Maltby's patrol car head-on. Deputy Maltby suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene.
Deputy Maltby was a United States Navy Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Eastland County Sheriff's Office for two years after having retired from the Dallas Police Department. He had also served with the Stephenville Police Department and the Comanche Sheriff's Office.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, a brother, a sister, nine grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1964 – 1969
Also Served
Eastland County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Sheriff
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