JAMES ADDISON AVANT

Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 44-E: 1
Department: Pulaski County, Arkansas, S.O.
End of Watch: July 24, 1986
Cause: HELI
Age: 39
Years of Service: 1
Description: Deputy Avant was participating in a DEA Marijuana Eradication Spotter School, when the helicopter in which he was riding crashed shortly after taking off on a marijuana eradication mission. Officers Charles M. Bassing and Kevin L. Brosch also died as a result of the crash.
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