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Correction Counselor

Kevin P. McGuire

Illinois Department of Corrections — Springfield, IL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch December 31, 1996

Age 37

Tour of Duty 11 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

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Incident

Correction Counselor Kevin McGuire was killed in an automobile crash while transporting five prisoners from the Urbana Community Correctional Center to off-site job locations. His department van was struck from behind by a drunk driver on Cunningham Avenue, near I-74, in Urbana. The inmates, all of whom suffered extensive injuries, credited Correction Counselor McGuire's actions in attempting to avoid the crash for saving their lives. The 25-year-old driver of the truck was convicted of reckless homicide and received an eight-year sentence. Correction Counselor McGuire had served with the Illinois Department of Corrections for 11 years.

Survivors

He was survived by a son and daughter.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Correction Counselor McGuire gave the Illinois Department of Corrections 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Illinois, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Illinois Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Springfield, Sangamon County, IL

Platform Identity illicorr.sangamon.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 31, 1996

Tour of Duty 11 yrs 6 mo

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile

Military Service

Kevin P. McGuire served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Kevin is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

Compare against

Time

In 1996, 79 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 86th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Kevin was 37. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Kevin had served 11.5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

Where he stood among them

Age by years of service

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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

By month

By day of the week

How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

Every cause

Weapons recorded