Roll of Honor
Bill C. Himstedt
Incident
Corrections Officer Bill Himstedt was killed in a prison bus crash as he was transporting prisoners.
The bus overturned after he took evasive action to avoid striking a truck that turned onto the roadway in front of it on Highway 7 near Centerville, Texas.
Officer Himstedt had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division for 20 years and was assigned to the Transportation Unit.
Survivors
He was survived by his son, daughter, brother, sister, and three grandchildren.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
20 years. You could have gone home.
Corrections Officer Himstedt gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Himstedt.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corrections Officer Bill C. Himstedt is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, 32 of 124 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Bill C. Himstedt's cause is highlighted.
How Bill C. Himstedt Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Bill C. Himstedt is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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