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Illinois Department of Corrections
Springfield, IL

Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILDeputy Warden Joseph T. Clark
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Sunday, May 8, 1864
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrectional Officer Charles A. Krueger
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Sunday, September 7, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILGuard James McMurry
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Friday, December 10, 1920
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrectional Officer John S. (Sol) Jones
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Thursday, June 15, 1922
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILDeputy Warden Peter N. Klein
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Wednesday, May 5, 1926
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrectional Officer Friebert F. Johnke
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Tuesday, October 24, 1933
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrectional Officer Zoeth C. Skaggs
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Friday, November 24, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILLieutenant Arthur L. Kisro
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Tuesday, November 23, 1965
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILLieutenant Lewis M. Paul
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Tuesday, November 23, 1965
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrectional Officer George L. Wilson
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Tuesday, November 23, 1965
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrectional Officer William E. McCasling
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1967
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrections Employee Leonard Tatro
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Friday, January 19, 1968
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrections Employee Rufus C. Campbell
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Saturday, April 18, 1970
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrections Employee Robert Jefferson
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Thursday, April 1, 1971
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrectional Officer James P. Zeiger
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Thursday, January 11, 1973
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILLieutenant Peter Beckett Burd
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Monday, January 10, 1977
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILLieutenant William N. Thomas
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Saturday, July 22, 1978
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrectional Officer Stanley Cole
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Saturday, July 22, 1978
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrectional Officer Robert J. Conkle
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Saturday, July 22, 1978
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrections Employee Joseph J. Cushman
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Sunday, October 24, 1982
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrectional Officer Frieda Belle King
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Tuesday, February 8, 1983
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrectional Officer Cecil H. Harbison
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Friday, November 30, 1984
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILAssistant Warden Virdeen Willis Jr.
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Sunday, June 30, 1985
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrections Employee Henry B. Washington
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Friday, August 1, 1986
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILSuperintendent Robert L. Taylor
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Thursday, September 3, 1987
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrections Employee Suon (Sonny) Troeung
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Thursday, October 27, 1988
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrectional Officer Lawrence A. (Frank) Kush Jr.
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1989
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Illinois Department of Corrections, ILCorrection Counselor Kevin P. McGuire
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Tuesday, December 31, 1996
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 28

Assault: 12
Automobile accident: 1
Gunfire: 2
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Stabbed: 11
Vehicular assault: 1

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