Wilmot A. Burnett
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Corrections Officer II

Wilmot A. Burnett

Accident
End of Watch December 16, 1999
Age 63
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Burnett was killed in a bus accident while on duty. He was the passenger in a prison bus that ran into a ditch in severe fog. He served at the Diagnostic Unit.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corrections Officer II Burnett 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, Corrections Officer II Burnett.

— 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 December 16, 1999
Age 63
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Automobile crash

The Sacrifice · Accident

Wilmot is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1999, 71 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 44th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Wilmot was 63. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36.

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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

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

Across the years

Corrections Officer II Wilmot A. Burnett

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division · End of Watch December 16, 1999

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