Ammie Bogue Kendall

Mississippi Department of Corrections — Jackson, MS

Felonious

End of Watch March 13, 1963

Age 59

Tour of Duty 2 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 8

Incident

Assistant Sergeant Ammie Kendall was shot and killed as five inmates escaped from the Parchman Penitentiary.

The inmates took a rifle and two shotguns from guards they overpowered. Sergeant Kendall and a trustee were shot several times when the inmates opened fire as they made their escape.

All five inmates were captured later that day near Crowder by a state trooper and a motor vehicle inspector after a shootout with the officers. On May 24, 1965, two of the inmates were shot and killed by guards when they attempted to escape from Parchman Penitentiary.

Sergeant Kendall had served with the Mississippi Department of Corrections for only two months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Assistant Sergeant Kendall served with the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Mississippi. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Assistant Sergeant Kendall.

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

Agency

Department Mississippi Department of Corrections

Location Jackson, MS

Platform Identity mdcorr.hinds.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 13, 1963

Tour of Duty 2 mo

Age 59

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Assistant Sergeant Ammie Bogue Kendall is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MS, 242 of 349 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.3% of this state's fallen. That is 15.1 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Mississippi Department of Corrections, 7 of 9 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 77.8% of this agency's fallen.

Mississippi Department of Corrections

of 9 officers

77.8% Felonious

MS — Statewide

242

of 349 officers

69.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious