Kentucky State Police, Kentucky Fallen Officers

Honoring All Fallen Members of the . . .

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Kentucky State Police
Frankfort, KY

Patrolman James Powell Hays
Kentucky Highway Patrol, KY
EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Robert Rowland
Kentucky Highway Patrol, KY
EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Mose Hurt Littrell
Kentucky Highway Patrol, KY
EOW: Monday, March 14, 1938
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Houston Greene
Kentucky Highway Patrol, KY
EOW: Thursday, May 18, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Vadas G. Richardson
Kentucky Highway Patrol, KY
EOW: Saturday, October 7, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Harold J. Toll
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Sunday, November 14, 1948
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Robert Ranaker Miller
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Wednesday, February 14, 1951
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Lee Trebu Huffman
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1953
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Trooper Herbert C. Bush
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Saturday, October 11, 1958
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper William Everett Tevis
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Sunday, May 26, 1963
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Elmer Mobley Jr.
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Thursday, May 28, 1964
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Cecil Walter Uzzle
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Thursday, May 28, 1964
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Delano G. Powell
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Thursday, July 8, 1965
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Mack Edward Brady
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Wednesday, November 9, 1966
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper William Harrel Barrett
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Sunday, December 19, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper James Willard McNeely
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Saturday, April 8, 1972
Cause of Death: Drowned

Trooper Walter Orville Thurtell
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Friday, September 29, 1972
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Joe Ward Jr.
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Monday, April 23, 1973
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Lieutenant William Carter Smith
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Thursday, April 26, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper John Wayne Hutchinson
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Wednesday, June 4, 1975
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Bobby Allen McCoun Jr.
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Monday, September 1, 1975
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Trooper William Francis Pickard
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Wednesday, January 21, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Lieutenant Willis Durwood Martin
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Tuesday, April 26, 1977
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Trooper Clinton Eugene Cunningham
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Sunday, February 11, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Edward Ray Harris
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Wednesday, November 7, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Jerome Scott Clifton
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Wednesday, October 1, 1980
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Detective Darrell Vendl Phelps
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Friday, August 7, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Johnny Montague Edrington
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1988
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Johnny Gordon Adkins
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Friday, November 24, 1995
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Trooper Jonathan Kyle Leonard
Kentucky State Police, KY
EOW: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 30

Automobile accident: 8
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 16
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicular assault: 1

The Kentucky State Police is comprised of the following independent agencies and/or components (Note: Some of the agencies and/or components no longer exist):

Kentucky Highway Patrol

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