Incident
Corporal George Craggs suffered a fatal heart attack while working an aircraft speed check on IL 136 in Mason County. Corporal Craggs had served with the Illinois State Police for 20 years and was assigned to District 9.
Survivors
Corporal Craggs was survived by his wife and three children.
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20 years. You could have gone home.
Corporal Craggs gave the Illinois State Police 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Illinois. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Craggs.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Cardiac
Illinois State Police has lost 67 officers; 1 of them lost to cardiac events.
George is one of 45 officers lost to cardiac events in IL, 3.4% of the 1,318 remembered there.
George is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% of the 27,552 remembered there.
George is one of 1,309 officers lost to cardiac events worldwide, 3.8% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1976, 2 officers in IL were lost to cardiac events, the 3rd heaviest of 33 years on record. The heaviest was 1974, with 3.
In 1976, 12 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 49th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.
In 1976, 12 officers worldwide were lost to cardiac events, the 49th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.
Who
George was 51. Of the 45 lost to cardiac events in IL whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 54; the middle age was 51. George had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
George was 51. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. George had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.
George was 51. Of the 1,251 lost to cardiac events worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 42.5 and 55; the middle age was 48. George had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.
When
November holds 11.1% of these deaths in IL; March holds the most, 15.6%. Saturdays: 15.6%.
November holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Saturdays: 14.3%.
November holds 8.6% of these deaths worldwide; January holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.4%.
How
Cardiac deaths account for 1.5% of all 67 deaths at Illinois State Police, the 3rd most common cause.
Cardiac deaths account for 3.4% of all 1,318 deaths in IL, the 4th most common cause.
Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.
Cardiac deaths account for 3.8% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the 4th most common cause.
His people
Illinois State Police has 67 officers remembered here, George among them.
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Albert J. Hasson
Sep 7, 1924
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Lory Lee Price
Jan 18, 1927
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Paul Ellis Clendening Feb 16, 1927
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George E. Wheeler Nov 22, 1927
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Robert L. Fisher
Apr 24, 1929
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Robert Jefferson McDonald Jul 10, 1930
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Frank M. Schwartz
Sep 11, 1930
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Kenneth Lewis Church
Dec 5, 1931
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James Grady Sutton Jun 30, 1932
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Richard Groja
May 28, 1933
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John L. McCabe Aug 12, 1933
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Joseph Merritt Elliott Oct 20, 1933
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Leo James LaVelle
Nov 24, 1934
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Raymond Embree Oct 15, 1936
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Frank J. Tamulis Aug 9, 1937
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Albert Cecil Brokmyer
Nov 19, 1939
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Eugene F. Roberts Feb 18, 1940
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Rocco Vito Gragido
Sep 11, 1940
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Ralph Ross Newman Aug 20, 1941
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Robert Richard Thomas May 15, 1942
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Phillip B. Guinto Aug 5, 1943
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Charles Joseph Deans Aug 8, 1944
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Sam Mangiamele May 25, 1945
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Marvin C. Archer
Jun 18, 1946
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Forrest Ferrell Spencer
Oct 27, 1946
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George Louis Fredrickson
Sep 1, 1947
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Roy Kyle Moody
Feb 28, 1949
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Benjamin R. Seaton
Oct 24, 1949
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Arthur Paul Goetting Feb 4, 1951
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Corwin Lynn McConkey
Mar 8, 1951
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Millard Russell Courtney
Apr 11, 1951
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Glenn David Gagnon
Dec 28, 1952
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Harry Ballard Bradley
Oct 24, 1957
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Leo S. Burakowski Sep 24, 1958
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Clarence Uen Swain Aug 1, 1959
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Michael Theodore Angelos Jul 13, 1960
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Dale August Van Vooren
Dec 29, 1962
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Frank A. Doris
May 27, 1967
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Warren Louis Allen
Sep 21, 1967
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Floyd James Farrar
Dec 17, 1968
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Richard G. Warner
Apr 21, 1969
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Donald R. Blickensderfer Sep 26, 1970
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Frank Robert Dunbar
May 14, 1972
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Layton T. Davis
Mar 18, 1976
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George D. Craggs
Nov 6, 1976
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Michael Keith McCarter
Apr 7, 1979
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Bernard Delano Skeeters
May 20, 1982
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John Hugh Kugelman
Nov 10, 1986
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Virgil Lee Bensyl
Jan 15, 1988
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Gary Robert Degelman
May 5, 1989
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April C. Styburski
Jan 5, 1990
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Chong Soo Lim
Jun 6, 1995
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Anthony Millison
Oct 27, 1997
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Erin Marie Hehl
Oct 30, 1997
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Stanley W. Talbot
Jun 23, 2001
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Rodney Todd Miller
May 12, 2006
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Brian Carl McMillen
Oct 28, 2007
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Kyle William Deatherage
Nov 26, 2012
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James Michael Sauter
Mar 28, 2013
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Ryan Matthew Albin
Jun 28, 2017
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Christopher James Lambert
Jan 12, 2019
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Brooke Elizabeth Jones-Story
Mar 28, 2019
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Gerald Wayne Ellis
Mar 30, 2019
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Nicholas John Hopkins
Aug 23, 2019
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Todd Anthony Hanneken
Mar 25, 2021
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Corey S. Thompsen
Oct 18, 2024
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Clay M. Carns
Dec 23, 2024
Where
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