Correctional Officer

Walter W. Farrow

Missouri Department of Corrections — Jefferson City, MO
Felonious
End of Watch July 16, 1979
Age 62
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Officer Walter Farrow was stabbed to death in the prison commissary at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri. Officer Farrow had served with the Missouri Department of Corrections for 15 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and nine children.

In Our Keeping

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Farrow gave the Missouri Department of Corrections 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Missouri. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Farrow.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Jefferson City, Cole County, MO
Platform Identity mdcorr.cole.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 16, 1979
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Age 62
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Edged weapon

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Walter is one of 15,741 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.2% of the 27,543 remembered there.

33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1979, 136 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 31st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Walter was 62. Of the 14,215 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Walter had served 15 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.2% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was edged weapon, in 2.2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Missouri Department of Corrections has 20 officers remembered here, Walter among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Walter W. Farrow

Missouri Department of Corrections · End of Watch July 16, 1979

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 7-E

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