South Carolina Fraternal Order of Police

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

SC Fallen Officers – May 19

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May 19

Today, we remember Horry County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Timothy Eugene Causey, Whitmire Police Department Assistant Chief of Police William Earl Evans and Chief of Police Robert Rion Gilliam, Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Charlie Albert Rodgers, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Corporal Robert D. Sadler, and South Carolina Highway Patrol Patrolman Henry C. Yonce.

On this date in 2013, Horry County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Timothy Eugene Causey died as a result of the smoke inhalation he suffered on March 16th, 2013, after responding to a massive fire in the Windsor Green area.

On this date in 1945, Assistant Chief William Evans and Chief Robert Gilliam were shot and killed by the father of a man they had just arrested.

On this date in 1973, Deputy Sheriff Charlie Rodgers succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained several days earlier after responding to assist Greenwood Police Department officers at the scene of an active shooting at 11:38 am.

On this date in 1982, Corporal Sadler was killed in an automobile accident while returning from a call.

On this date in 1959, Patrolman Yonce died as a result of burns received in an automobile accident that occurred when his patrol car was struck by a tractor-trailer in Greenwood County.

SC Fallen Officers – February 26

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Today, we remember South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Corporal George Don Peeler and Sumter County Sheriff’s Office (Sumter, SC) Sergeant Charles B. Kubala, Sr.

On this date in 1989, Corporal George Peeler was killed in a vehicle accident about eight miles south of Gaffney while on duty.

On this date in 1996, Sergeant Charles Kubala was shot and killed after responding to a call of a suspicious person. When he arrived at the scene, he confronted the suspect, who shot him once in the ear and once in the shoulder with a .22 caliber handgun.

SC Fallen Officers – January 15

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Today, we remember South Carolina Highway Patrol Patrolman John Ray Riddle, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Corporal Doyle Hayes Hill, Sr., and Orangeburg Department of Public Safety Sergeant Thomas Clyde Harrison, Jr.

On this date in 1961, Patrolman John Riddle was killed in an automobile crash when his patrol car was struck by a tractor-trailer on U.S. 301 south of Manning. On this date in 1976, Corporal Doyle Hill suffered a heart attack while carrying a boat across a field in Clarendon County to rescue someone stranded because of weather conditions.

On this date in 1993, Sergeant Thomas Harrison was shot and killed at the local Belk department store inside Prince of Orange Mall at 2390 Chestnut Street NE while attempting to question three subjects who had passed forged checks.