End of Watch June 14, 1972
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident

Nolan Buckhanan was on picket duty when the shotgun he was cleaning accidentally discharged and killed him at 3:00 pm.

Buckhanan was a United States World War II Army veteran and had served as a guard at the Eastham Prison Farm in Weldon, Houston County, by the Texas Department of Corrections (present-day Texas Department of Criminal Justice).

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, daughter, mother, stepfather, three half-brothers, and five grandchildren.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Guard Buckhanan served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— 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 June 14, 1972
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Nolan Buckhanan served in the U.S. Army (1940–1945) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Nolan 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 1972, 85 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 19th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Nolan was 52. 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.

Age at death
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When

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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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, Nolan among them.

Across the years

Guard Nolan Buckhanan

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division · End of Watch June 14, 1972

Military Service

Nolan Buckhanan served in the U.S. Army (1940–1945) before joining law enforcement.

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