Victor Allen Compton was killed in a single automobile accident on the morning of Monday, September 4, 1972 along Route 80 in Dickenson County, Virginia. He was 24 years of age at the time of his death. He was an employee of the Kentland-Elkhorn Coal Company at Biggs, Kentucky.
His funeral was held at the Buchanan First Presbyterian Church at Grundy, Virginia. The Rev. Murphy Miller and Rev. Paul Gess officiated.