Policeman Lawrence Bryant Aytes, Charleston Police Department, South Carolina

Policeman Lawrence Bryant Aytes

Charleston Police Department, South Carolina

End of Watch Friday, June 17, 1955

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Lawrence Bryant Aytes

Policeman Lawrence Aytes was killed while attempting to rescue a citizen during the Charleston Tidewater Terminal fire.

Detective James Tindal and Sergeant Jessie Benton were killed in an automobile accident while returning to Charleston from Charlotte, North Carolina, to assist at the fire scene. The wives of both officers were also killed in the accident.

Policeman Aytes was a U.S. Navy Reserve veteran of WWII. He was survived by his wife and child.

Bio

Age 28
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Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Fire

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Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
GOD Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

June 17, 2015