Roll of Honor
Incident
Guard Friebert Jahnke died from injuries suffered the previous day when he was hit by a car while crossing Illinois Route 4 at the Log Cabin service station north of Pontiac. Guard Jahnke was struck while searching for two escaped inmates from the Pontiac Correctional Center who were later captured. Guard Jahnke had served with the Illinois Department of Corrections for three years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Guard Jahnke gave the Illinois Department of Corrections 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Illinois. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Guard Jahnke.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Guard Friebert F. Jahnke 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 IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Friebert F. Jahnke's cause is highlighted.
How Friebert F. Jahnke Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Friebert F. Jahnke is highlighted in Oct.
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