Roll of Honor
Incident
Nolan Buckhanan was on picket duty when the shotgun he was cleaning accidentally discharged and killed him at 3:00 pm.
Buckhanan was a United States World War II Army veteran and had served as a guard at the Eastham Prison Farm in Weldon, Houston County, by the Texas Department of Corrections (present-day Texas Department of Criminal Justice).
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, daughter, mother, stepfather, three half-brothers, and five grandchildren.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Guard Buckhanan served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Nolan Buckhanan served in the U.S. Army (1940â1945) before joining law enforcement.
Guard Nolan Buckhanan 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 TX, 657 of 2,422 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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. Nolan Buckhanan's cause is highlighted.
How Nolan Buckhanan Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Nolan Buckhanan is highlighted in Jun.
Military Service
Nolan Buckhanan served in the U.S. Army (1940–1945) before joining law enforcement.
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