Eugene T. Groover Jr.
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Probation Officer

Eugene T. Groover Jr.

Cardiac
End of Watch July 9, 2004
Age 44
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Probation Officer Tal Groover suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in a defensive tactics training exercise in Reidsville, Georgia.

Officer Groover had served with the Georgia Department of Corrections for 22 years, and was assigned to the Hinesville Probation Office.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, and son.

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22 years. You could have gone home.
Probation Officer Groover gave the Georgia Department of Corrections 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Probation Officer Groover.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
Platform Identity gdcorr.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 9, 2004
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Age 44
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Eugene is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% 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 2004, 16 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 24th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

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Who

Eugene was 44. 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. Eugene had served 22 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

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When

July holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Fridays: 15.8%.

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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.

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His people

Georgia Department of Corrections has 38 officers remembered here, Eugene among them.

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Where

Probation Officer Eugene T. Groover Jr.

Georgia Department of Corrections · End of Watch July 9, 2004

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