Roll of Honor
Incident
Correctional Officer Chad Charles suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in a quarterly training exercise with the agency's Emergency Response Team at Camp Grayling.
He collapsed during a building clearing scenario. Other members of the ERT team performed CPR until he was transported to a local hospital, where he passed away.
Officer Charles had served with the Michigan Department of Corrections for nine years and was assigned to the Muskegon Correctional Facility.
Officer Charles had served with the Michigan Department of Corrections for nine years and was assigned to the Muskegon Correctional Facility.
Survivors
He was survived by his seven children, father, fiancée, brother, sister, and grandson. He was survived by his seven children, father, fiancée, brother, sister, and grandson.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Charles gave the Michigan Department of Corrections 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Michigan. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Charles.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer Chad Alan Charles is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In MI, 39 of 719 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Michigan Department of Corrections, 1 of 15 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 6.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Chad Alan Charles's cause is highlighted.
How Chad Alan Charles Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Chad Alan Charles is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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