Memorial
Mark D. Barrett
1969 – 2010
Trooper
Mark D. Barrett, a member of the VSP Search and Recovery Team, was participating in the team’s annual dive training on the afternoon of September 14, 2010, in Lake Anna near Louisa County when he experienced a medical complication underwater. Despite aggressive medical resuscitation by team members and paramedics, he passed away later that night.
Horace Jarratt
1941 – 2007
Motorist Assist
On the afternoon of April 25, 2007, Motorist Assistance Aide (MA) Jarratt had pulled off onto the right shoulder of the northbound lanes of I-95 to respond to a call for debris in the roadway. While attempting to remove a large piece of tire tread from the center lane MA Jarratt was struck by an oncoming tractor-trailer and died at the scene.
Robert A. Hill, Sr.
1964-2006
Senior Trooper
Robert A. Hill, Sr. was in the process of issuing a summons to a stopped motorist on the afternoon of November 24, 2006, in Southampton County, when he was struck and killed by a passing vehicle.
Kevin C. Manion
1978-2006
Trooper
Manion was killed on February 18, 2006, while responding to the scene of a single-vehicle crash in Clarke County. As the damaged vehicle was being moved, a firearm inside it discharged, striking him in the chest.
Michael T. Blanton
1973-2003
Trooper
Michael T. Blanton died on January 29, 2003 from injuries sustained on I-64 in Henrico County when the car of a suspected drinking driver whom he had attempted to question crashed, rolled over and pinned his body underneath.
C. Mark Cosslett
1962-2002
Trooper
Cosslett was killed on October 23, 2002 on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County after a tow truck veered into the path of his motorcycle and struck him, causing him to be ejected from his vehicle.
Daniel Lee Williams
1961-1999
Trooper
Williams passed away on December 12, 1999, from injuries sustained in a crash while trying to overtake a suspect on December 10 in Cumberland County.
Jessica Jean Cheney
1974-1998
Trooper
Cheney was struck and killed by a motor vehicle January 17, 1998, while directing traffic at the scene of a motor vehicle crash on U. S. Route 1 near Fredericksburg.
Norman Wesley Hampton
1937-1997
Retired
Sergeant
Hampton died June 3, 1997, rescuing a young boy from the storm-tossed ocean at Pawley’s Island, SC.
Gregory Patton Fleenor
1966-1996
Trooper
Fleenor was killed December 12, 1996, in a crash while trying to overtake a suspected drinking driver in Hanover County.
Henry Noel Harmon
1929-1995
Trooper
Harmon was shot in the neck January 10, 1960, in Pittsylvania County, and died February 7, 1995, due to complications from the wound.
Jose M. Cavazos
1942-1993
Trooper
Cavazos was shot and killed February 24, 1993, by a motorist following a traffic stop in Prince William County.
Jerry Lynn Hines
1940-1989
Trooper
Hines was shot and killed February 20, 1989, following a traffic stop on Interstate 81 near Lexington.
Jacqueline Vernon
1955-1988
Trooper
Vernon was struck and killed August 16, 1988, by a bus on Interstate 395 following a traffic stop in Alexandria.
Harry Lee Henderson
1944-1987
Trooper
Henderson was killed March 17, 1987, when he was struck by a truck on Interstate 66 in Warren County.
Alexander M. Cochran, III
1959-1987
Trooper
Cochran was shot and killed January 15, 1987, while responding to a domestic argument in Fairfax County.
Ricky Marshall McCoy
1957-1986
Trooper
McCoy was shot and killed January 3, 1986, by two motorists following a traffic stop on Interstate 81 in Salem.
Leo Whitt
1936-1985
Trooper
Whitt was shot and killed April 12, 1985, by a motorist he stopped on Interstate 95 in Prince George County.
James LeRoy Biggs
1937-1984
Sergeant
Biggs was shot and killed December 18, 1984, by a motorist after a traffic stop in Alleghany County.
Johnny Rush Bowman
1952-1984
Trooper
Bowman was stabbed and killed on Sunday, August 19, 1984, at his home in Manassas by an unknown assailant.
Rodney Dean Grimes
1944-1983
Special Agent in Charge
Grimes was killed October 9, 1983, in a motor vehicle crash on Route 55 in Shenandoah County.
Robin Lee Farmer
1955-1981
Trooper
Farmer was killed in a crash September 3, 1981, during the pursuit of a violator on Route 639 in Caroline County.
Robert Tinsley Lohr
1955-1978
Trooper
Lohr was struck by a car and killed July 22, 1978, while assisting a motorist on Interstate 95 near Carmel Church.
Bernard Walter Wright
1937-1976
Trooper
Wright was killed in a crash January 17, 1976, during the pursuit of a violator on Route 696 in Halifax County.
Garland West Fisher, Jr.
1943-1976
Trooper
Fisher was shot and killed November 15, 1976, near Durham, N. C. He had been abducted the day before his death.
Claude Everett Seymour
1924-1975
Investigator
Seymour was killed April 25, 1975, in a motor vehicle crash that occurred on U. S. Route 1 in Spotsylvania County.
James Read Hughes
1946-1974
Trooper
Hughes was struck and killed June 3, 1974, in Fairfax County, by a truck following a traffic stop of a motorist.
Rannie DeWitt Kennedy
1940-1973
Trooper
Kennedy was killed November 5, 1973, in a pursuit crash on Route 208 in Spotsylvania County.
Donald Edward Lovelace
1944-1970
Trooper
Lovelace was struck and killed October 18, 1970, during a traffic stop near Newport News.
Jackie Monroe Bussard
1948-1970
Trooper
Bussard was killed May 5, 1970, in a crash near Dumfries responding to a call.
Warren Yokley Harless
1930-1968
Trooper
Harless was killed November 18, 1968, assisting the Lee County Sheriff’s Office with an arrest situation.
Garland Matthew Miller
1934-1963
Trooper
Miller was fatally injured June 13, 1963, in a crash that occurred near the City of Williamsburg.
Charles Eugene Morris
1931-1962
Trooper
Morris was shot and killed March 2, 1962, while assisting the Patrick County Sheriff’s Office with an arrest.
Henry Murray Brooks, Jr.
1927-1956
Trooper
Brooks was hit by a car and fatally injured June 10, 1956, while investigating a crash in Pittsylvania County.
Robert Louis Loder, Jr.
1931-1954
Trooper
Loder was killed in a motor vehicle crash January 31, 1954, while patrolling U. S. Route 1 in Hanover County.
Robert Fulton Giles
1930-1954
Trooper
Giles died July 23, 1954, from gunshot wounds suffered while he was attempting to make an arrest in Coeburn.
Walter Sinton Parrish
1929-1953
Trooper
Parrish was killed in a motor vehicle crash October 4, 1953, while patrolling Route 350 in Fairfax County.
Robert Wright Smith
1914-1951
Trooper
Smith was killed November 21, 1951, in an automobile and train collision that occurred in Pamplin.
William Monroe Simpson
1910-1951
Investigator
Simpson was shot and killed October 23, 1951, while arresting an escaped inmate near Petersburg.
Toberd Edward Porter
1928-1950
Trooper
Porter was killed June 20, 1950, in a plane crash near Allmonds Wharf while on a mission as an observer.
Joseph Benjamin Thomas
1917-1950
Trooper
Thomas, pilot, was killed June 20, 1950, in a plane crash near Allmonds Wharf while on a Department mission.
Robert Elvin Caldwell
1922-1948
Trooper
Caldwell was killed June 17, 1948, near Newport News, in a motor vehicle crash that occurred while he was in pursuit of a traffic violator.
William H. Andrews
1920-1946
Trooper
Andrews succumbed October 3, 1946, to injuries he received in a motor vehicle crash three days earlier in Nottoway County.
William T. Flippen, Jr.
1917-1945
Trooper
Flippen, on a military leave of absence, was reported killed in action February 1, 1945, in World War II.
George Franklin Miller
1904-1945
Trooper
Miller, on a military leave of absence, was reported killed in action January 20, 1945, in World War II.
Charles E. Haggerman
1918-1943
License Examiner
Hagerman, on a military leave of absence, was reported missing in action
March 17, 1943.
William Stafford Tinsley
1911-1942
Trooper
Trooper Tinsley was killed September 5, 1942, in a motor vehicle crash which occurred west of Roanoke on Route 11.
Urshell Thomas Mayo
1911-1941
Trooper
Trooper Mayo succumbed February 19, 1941, to injuries he suffered in a motor vehicle crash that occurred two days earlier in Hampton.
Clarence Lemuel Maynard
1899-1939
Sergeant
Sergeant Maynard succumbed September 9, 1939, to injuries suffered earlier while responding to the assistance of a citizen near Abingdon.
Charles William Puckett
1892-1938
Sergeant
Sergeant Puckett died March 28, 1938, from pneumonia contracted while pursuing and arresting a murder suspect in Southwest Virginia.
William R. Thompson
1902-1935
Trooper
Trooper Thompson was shot and killed September 23, 1935, while attempting to arrest three bank robbers at Fork Union.
Charles Bazil Bullock
1908-1934
Trooper
Trooper Bullock succumbed February 15, 1934, to injuries received in a motorcycle crash near Fairfax several months earlier.
Thomas Allen Belt
1883-1930
Inspector
Inspector Belt succumbed August 18, 1930, to injuries received in a motorcycle crash several days earlier in Loudoun County.
Curtis Lee Wood
1898-1929
Inspector
Inspector Wood was killed March 11, 1929, in a crash with an intoxicated driver while patrolling on his motorcycle in James City County.
Phillip C. Via
1890-1929
Inspector
Inspector Via succumbed January 11, 1929, to injuries received while serving as an escort for President Coolidge near Waynesboro.
W. Neville Hatcher
1902-1928
Inspector
Inspector Hatcher succumbed August 19, 1928, to injuries received while attempting to arrest a murder suspect in Culpeper County.
