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Police Officer Russell Mark Willingham Jr. 
EOW:  Saturday, July 30, 2011
Cause of Death: Automobile Accident

Sergeant Mickey Gray Hutchens
EOW:  Monday, October 12, 2009
Cause of Death:  Gunfire

Sergeant Howard Joseph Plouff
EOW:  Friday, February 23, 2007
Cause of Death:  Gunfire

Police Officer Stephen Levi Amos II
EOW:  Tuesday, February 28, 1995
Cause of Death:  Gunfire

Police Officer Robert Buitrago
EOW:  Saturday, January 15, 1994
Cause of Death:  Gunfire

Senior Police Officer Bobby Farrell Beane
EOW:  Friday, April 23, 1993
Cause of Death:  Gunfire

Police Officer Michael Ray Jennings
EOW:  Friday, January 29, 1993
Cause of Death: Automobile 
accident

Lieutenant Aaron Gerome Tise
EOW:  Friday, June 26, 1992
Cause of Death:  Vehicular assault

Police Officer Donald W. Allred
EOW:  Monday, January 3, 1983
Cause of Death:  Struck by vehicle

Patrolman Al Charles Kinard
EOW:  Saturday, 
September 9, 1961
Cause of Death:  Motorcycle accident

Patrolman John Franklin Wimbish
EOW:  Saturday, November 1, 1952
Cause of Death:  Vehicle pursuit

Patrolman Grover Cleveland Hailey, Jr.
EOW:  Tuesday, November 28, 1945
Cause of Death:  Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Gurney L. Royall
EOW:  Friday, August 1, 1941
Cause of Death:  Gunfire

Patrolman John Marsden Sampson
EOW:  Sunday, December 8, 1940
Cause of Death:  Vehicle pursuit

Detective W. G. Willard
EOW:  Tuesday, November 1, 1938
Cause of Death:  Gunfire

Sergeant Leland Glenn Teague
EOW:  Monday, December 26, 1927
Cause of Death:  Gunfire

Patrolman Thomas Garland Anderson
EOW:  Monday, August 15, 1927
Cause of Death:  Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Michael Mordecai Vickers
EOW:  Sunday, May 19, 1895
Cause of Death:  Gunfire

Total Deaths in the Line of Duty: 18

Auto accident: 2
Gunfire: 9
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 1

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Fallen Officer Memorial at the Public Safety Center [Video]   

Fallen Officer Remembrance Commemoration


Officer R.M. Willingham Jr. funeral

2010 Police Memorial Service

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Faces Within The Wall 


WSPD Honor Guard
WSPD Honor Guard



2010

 Visit the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation Website: www.fclemf.org