Lloyd Carrol Clevenger

1974

Life Keepsakes Service Also Served In Our Keeping

Lloyd Clevenger served the U.S. Army. Lloyd served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War.

How He Died

Manner Homicide

Cause Gunshot wound

Mechanism Motor vehicle

What Happened

Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Clevenger and Deputy Sheriff Billy Smith were killed in an automobile crash while on patrol. The deputies were turning onto an on-ramp for I-40 when their vehicle was broadsided by a drunk driver who was driving without headlights on. Both deputies were killed instantly. The drunk driver was acquitted on a technicality.

Survivors

Deputy Clevenger was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.

Keepsakes

Service Record

U.S. Army

1961 – 1961

Conflicts

Vietnam War Cold War

Also Served

Cocke County Sheriff's Department

Deputy Sheriff

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In Our Keeping

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