Donald Hiles
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Corrections Officer

Donald Hiles

Felonious
End of Watch March 8, 1968
Age 52
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
The Vigil Panel 103 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Corrections Officer Donald Hiles was attacked and beaten to death with a push broom at the minimum security Leesburg Prison Farm. His body was found lying on a path between the milking barn and dairy office. He had been severely beaten upon the head and face. The subject who beat him was never identified and his murder remains unsolved. Officer Hiles had served with the New Jersey Department of Corrections for 21 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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21 years. You could have gone home.
Corrections Officer Hiles gave the New Jersey Department of Corrections 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Hiles.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Trenton, NJ
Platform Identity njdcorr.mercer.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 8, 1968
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Blunt object

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Donald 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 1968, 91 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 62nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Donald was 52. 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. Donald had served 21 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

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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 blunt object, in 1.2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

New Jersey Department of Corrections has 32 officers remembered here, Donald among them.

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Where

Corrections Officer Donald Hiles

New Jersey Department of Corrections · End of Watch March 8, 1968

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 20-W

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