Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Oklahoma, Fallen Officers

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Oklahoma Department of Corrections, OK

Oklahoma Department of Corrections

	Sergeant Joe Allen Gamble Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Tuesday, June 6, 2000 Cause: Stabbed
	Correctional Officer Kenneth Denton Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Thursday, August 3, 1989 Cause: Heart attack
	Lieutenant Eugene L. Young Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Friday, July 28, 1989 Cause: Heart attack
	Correctional Officer Rex Thompson Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Tuesday, September 1, 1981 Cause: Assault
	Correctional Officer Raymond L. Chandler Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Thursday, December 18, 1980 Cause: Assault
	Corrections Employee Albert Jerald Cox Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1977 Cause: Stabbed
	Correctional Officer W. H. Aston Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Wednesday, August 4, 1948 Cause: Assault
	Chief Sergeant W. H. Riley Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Monday, December 13, 1943 Cause: Stabbed
	Warden Jess Dunn Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Sunday, August 10, 1941 Cause: Gunfire
	Prison Guard Charles D. Powell Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Wednesday, May 13, 1936 Cause: Gunfire
	Guard William C. Turner Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Thursday, July 18, 1935 Cause: Weather/Natural disaster
	Correction Officer James Payton Jones Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Sunday, February 17, 1935 Cause: Gunfire
	Correctional Officer William Mayfield Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Wednesday, January 20, 1926 Cause: Assault
	Correctional Officer H. H. Drover Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Monday, January 19, 1914 Cause: Gunfire
	Sergeant Fred C. Godfrey Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Monday, January 19, 1914 Cause: Gunfire
	Deputy Warden D. C. Oates Oklahoma Department of Corrections EOW: Monday, January 19, 1914 Cause: Gunfire

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 16

Assault: 4
Gunfire: 6
Heart attack: 2
Stabbed: 3
Weather/Natural disaster: 1

By Month

January: 4
February: 1
March: 1
May: 1
June: 1
July: 2
August: 3
September: 1
December: 2

By Gender

Male: 16
Female: 0

All 2012 Deaths