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Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Austin, TX

Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard James Monroe Butler
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Thursday, May 25, 1882
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXSergeant George W. Taylor
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Saturday, March 15, 1884
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard Joe Epperson
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, April 29, 1889
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrection Officer Benjamin Williamson
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, June 30, 1890
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrection Officer Jesse F. Goodwin
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, July 14, 1890
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrection Officer James Jackson
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, December 15, 1890
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrection Officer H. D. Parsons
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Tuesday, July 26, 1898
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrection Officer Frank Miller
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Saturday, October 7, 1899
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrection Officer Joseph F. (Joe) Wilkerson
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, April 23, 1906
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard James Elliot
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Friday, July 17, 1908
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrection Officer John L. Wylie
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1909
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrection Officer Charles E. Claiborne
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, August 9, 1915
Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXSergeant Walter Isaac Vandorn
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Saturday, August 12, 1916
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXAssistant Warden Dewitt Frisby Oliver
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Saturday, September 17, 1921
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard Early A. Lott
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Thursday, March 25, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard William M. (Will) Rader
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Thursday, July 22, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard Deb Edward Long
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Thursday, February 2, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXDog Sergeant Henry Ward
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Friday, July 27, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrection Officer Sidney Albert Syms
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Saturday, September 29, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Officer Tommy Mellie Starnes
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Thursday, June 11, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard James B. (Jim) Sneed
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, July 6, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrection Officer John R. Hinson
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Thursday, November 3, 1932
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard J R McCall
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Sunday, August 27, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXMajor Joe Crowson
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Saturday, January 27, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard Virgil Welch
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Friday, May 10, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard Felix Smith
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Friday, June 19, 1936
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard George Washington Shiflett
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1936
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard John Cleophus (Johnnie) Ford
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, October 4, 1937
Cause of Death: Drowned
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard John P. Greer
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Saturday, August 27, 1938
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard George T. Preston
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Tuesday, June 20, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard Benjamin Franklin (Ben) LaRue
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Saturday, November 23, 1946
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Officer Charles Jesse Baker
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Tuesday, July 21, 1959
Cause of Death: Accidental
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXWarden Bobbie B. (Dub) Bullard
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Thursday, June 6, 1963
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXMajor Robert Alexander Arrington
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Friday, September 17, 1971
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXMajor George Alan May
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Friday, September 17, 1971
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXGuard Nolan Buckhanan
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 14, 1972
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrectional Officer Edward Carter
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, May 31, 1976
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrectional Officer John B. Brown
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, July 18, 1977
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXMajor Cephus D. Burson
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Wednesday, October 1, 1980
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXWarden Wallace M. Pack
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1981
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Employee Billy M. Moore
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrectional Officer Dalton B. Cawthray
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1984
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Employee Robert A. Hunt
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 6, 1984
Cause of Death: Accidental
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Officer Minnie R. Houston
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, June 3, 1985
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXSergeant Joe F. Gurney
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Friday, August 12, 1988
Cause of Death: Animal related
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Employee Sidney L. Lyons
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Sunday, November 19, 1989
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXInspector Stephen G. Stewart
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Friday, January 7, 1994
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Sergeant Timothy Parsley
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Tuesday, October 1, 1996
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrectional Officer James Dimanoff
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Tuesday, October 14, 1997
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Officer Bill C. Himstedt
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Friday, August 7, 1998
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Officer III Francisco F. Garza
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, May 31, 1999
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Officer II Wilmot A. Burnett
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Thursday, December 16, 1999
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Officer Daniel James Nagle
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Friday, December 17, 1999
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXSupervisor Stanley A. Wiley
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Officer John Murphy Bennett
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Thursday, July 17, 2003
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXCorrections Officer Susan Louise Canfield
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Monday, September 24, 2007
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TXSergeant Barbara Leggett Shumate
Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX
EOW: Friday, June 13, 2008
Cause of Death: Automobile accident


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 57

Accidental: 2
Aircraft accident: 2
Animal related: 1
Assault: 4
Automobile accident: 6
Drowned: 1
Fall: 5
Gunfire: 17
Gunfire (Accidental): 8
Heart attack: 3
Stabbed: 5
Struck by train: 1
Vehicular assault: 1
Weather/Natural disaster: 1

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