Roll of Honor
Andrew John Faught
Incident
Correctional Sergeant Drew Faught was killed in a vehicle collision on St. Marie Road in Olney.
At 7:30 a.m., Sergeant Faught was en route to a tactical call at the Lawrence Correctional Center. As he passed another vehicle in heavy fog, he crashed into another car.
The driver of the other car sustained minor injuries.
Correctional Sergeant Faught had served with the Illinois Department of Corrections for six years and was assigned to the Tactical Response Team.
Survivors
He is survived by his parents and eight siblings.
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- August 2, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Sergeant Faught gave the Illinois Department of Corrections 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Illinois. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Sergeant Faught.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Sergeant Andrew John Faught is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 26.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Illinois Department of Corrections, 5 of 32 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 15.6% of this agency's fallen.
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