WILLIAM CARTER SMITH

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Officer Rank: Lieutenant
Memorial Panel: 17-E: 13
Department: Kentucky State Police
End of Watch: April 26, 1973
Cause: SHOT
Age: 45
Years of Service: 23
Description: On November 10, 1972, Lieutenant Smith was shot in the chest as he attempted to arrest a suspect wanted for murder. Trooper Lewis Stiles was also wounded but survived. Lieutenant Smith died of his injuries five months later on April 26, 1973.
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