Alabama Department of Public Safety, Alabama
End of Watch: Friday, December 17, 1971
Age: 34
Tour of Duty: 8 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Electrocuted
Date of Incident: December 17, 1971
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Corporal Smith was electrocuted when he was called to check a body that had been found in marshy water adjacent to the Mobile Causeway.
When Corporal Smith waded into the shallow water to retrieve the teenager, he came in contact with a metal post on a billboard, which was later found to have an electrical short.
Corporal Smith had served with the Alabama Department of Public Safety for eight years. He was survived by his wife and two children.