End of Watch April 4, 1981
Age 55
Gender Male

Incident

Warden Wallace Pack and Officer Billy Moore were shot and killed by a prisoner who was able to gain control of one of the officers' pistols at the Ellis I Unit. The suspect was acquitted on a defense of self-defense but remained in custody on charges of burglary. Warden Pack was survived by his wife, mother, three stepchildren, two brothers, and four grandchildren. He is buried in Wheelock Cemetery, Wheelock, Robertson County, Texas.

Survivors

Warden Pack was survived by his wife, mother, three stepchildren, two brothers, and four grandchildren.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Warden Pack served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Warden Pack.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Huntsville, Walker County, TX
Platform Identity tdcjcidcorr.walker.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 4, 1981
Age 55
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Not available

Military Service

Wallace Milton Pack served in the U.S. Army (1945–1947) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Wallace 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.

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Time

In 1981, 126 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 39th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Wallace was 55. 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.

Age at death
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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was not available, in 0.5% of these deaths.

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His people

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division has at least 120 officers remembered here, Wallace among them.

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Where

Warden Wallace Milton Pack

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division · End of Watch April 4, 1981

Military Service

Wallace Milton Pack served in the U.S. Army (1945–1947) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 27-W

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