Heroes - Staff Killed In The Line Of Duty
The Bureau mourns the loss of Correctional Officer Jose Rivera,
killed in the line of duty on June 20, 2008.
Since 1901, 24 Federal correctional workers have been
killed by inmates while in the line of duty.
Name |
Staff Position |
Location |
Date |
Joseph B. Waldrupe |
Correctional Officer |
USP Leavenworth |
November 10, 1901 |
Andrew F. Turner |
Correctional Officer |
USP Leavenworth |
March 26, 1916 |
Edgar A. Barr |
Correctional Officer |
USP Leavenworth |
March 19, 1917 |
James R. Brock |
Deputy Warden |
USP Atlanta |
December 27, 1917 |
Andrew H. Leonard |
Captain |
USP Leavenworth |
November 14, 1922 |
R.G. Warnke |
Laundry Foreman |
USP Leavenworth |
June 20, 1929 |
Royal C. Cline |
Correctional Officer |
USP Alcatraz |
May 23, 1938 |
Harold P. Stites |
Senior Officer |
USP Alcatraz |
May 2, 1946 |
William A. Miller |
Correctional Officer |
USP Alcatraz |
May 3, 1946 |
William W. Latimer |
Correctional Officer |
Nat'l Training School |
October 15, 1960 |
Vern M. Jarvis |
Senior Officer |
USP Marion |
January 26, 1969 |
Wayne L. Selle |
Senior Officer |
USP Leavenworth |
July 31, 1973 |
John W. Johnson |
Correctional Officer |
USP Leavenworth |
September 29, 1974 |
Donald F. Reis |
Senior Officer Specialist |
FCI El Reno |
February 28, 1975 |
Janice R. Hylen |
Contract Dietician |
USP Atlanta |
November 21, 1979 |
Gregory J. Gunter |
Maintenance Mechanic General Foreman |
FCI Petersburg |
December 25, 1982 |
Gary L. Rowe |
Senior Officer |
MCC San Diego |
February 7, 1983 |
Merle E. Clutts |
Senior Officer Specialist |
USP Marion |
October 22, 1983 |
Robert L. Hoffman |
Senior Officer Specialist |
USP Marion |
October 22, 1983 |
Boyd H. Spikerman |
Correctional Officer |
FCI Oxford |
January 29, 1984 |
Robert F. Miller |
Senior Officer |
USP Lewisburg |
October 12, 1987 |
D'Antonio Washington |
Correctional Officer |
USP Atlanta |
December 22, 1994 |
Scott J. Williams |
Senior Officer Specialist |
USP Lompoc |
April 3, 1997 |
Jose Rivera |
Correctional Officer |
USP Atwater |
June 20, 2008 |
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