WALTER SINTON PARRISH
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Officer Rank: Trooper
Memorial Panel: 38-E: 7
Department: Virginia State Police
End of Watch: October 4, 1953
Cause: AUTO
Age: 24
Years of Service: 2
Description: Trooper Parrish was in pursuit of a speeding motorist when he lost control of his patrol car and rolled down a 35 foot embankment. Trooper Parrish was thrown from the car and suffered a broken back, neck and fractured skull. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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