Roll of Honor
Kellie Pena
Incident
Corrections Officer Kellie Pena passed away as the result of complications from an injury he received while struggling with an inmate.
On August 19, 2010, Officer Pena and three other officers attempted to restrain an inmate at the Neal Unit in Amarillo, Texas. During the confrontation the inmate was able to push Officer Pena to the ground. Two days later Officer Pena underwent emergency surgery for a hernia which he suffered during the struggle.
He passed away from a heart attack while still hospitalized from the surgery.
Officer Pena had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for seven years.
Rest in peace Corrections Officer Pena.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis June 28th, 2023
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corrections Officer Pena gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Pena.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corrections Officer Kellie Pena is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 88 of 2,421 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.6% of this state's fallen.
At Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, 6 of 124 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kellie Pena's cause is highlighted.
How Kellie Pena Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Kellie Pena is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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