Lance Corporal Michael Allen Chappell
South Carolina Highway Patrol
South Carolina

End of Watch: Monday, April 17, 1995
Cause: Automobile accident

Biographical Info
Age: 41
Tour of Duty: 8 years
Badge Number: 669

Lance Corporal Chappell was killed when his patrol car crashed while he was attempting to stop a traffic violator in Clarendon County. Corporal Chappell died of massive head trauma when his patrol car left the roadway and struck a small tree.

The vehicle he was attempting to stop was never located.

Corporal Chappell had been with the agency for eight years and was survived by his wife and two sons.

 
Photograph: Lance Corporal Michael Allen Chappell

Patch image: South Carolina Highway Patrol, South Carolina

Visit Lance Corporal Chappell's memorial at www.ODMP.org