Wallace Clinard
1997
Wallace Lee Clinard.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
Chief of Police Wallace Clinard died at a local hospital from injuries he sustained in an automobile crash while responding to a call for service. His patrol car struck an embankment next to a bridge on South Lamont Road. He was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and succumbed to his injuries about a month and a half later. Chief Clinard was a United States Army Vietnam War veteran who had served with the Cross Plains Police Department for 20 years and had been in law enforcement for a total of 24 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, mother, sister, four brothers, and eleven grandchildren.
Service Record
Also Served
Cross Plains Police Department
Chief of Police
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