Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, Texas
End of Watch: Wednesday, June 14, 1972
Age: 52
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Date of Incident: June 14, 1972
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Not available
Nolan Buckhanan was on picket duty when the shotgun he was cleaning accidentally discharged and killed him at 3:00 pm.
Buckhanan was a United States World War II Army veteran and had served as a guard at the Eastham Prison Farm in Weldon, Houston County, by the Texas Department of Corrections (present-day Texas Department of Criminal Justice). He was survived by his wife, son, daughter, mother, stepfather, three half-brothers, and five grandchildren.
He was buried in the Pilgrim Cemetery in Elkhart, Anderson County.