Roll of Honor
Incident
Corrections Employee Sidney Lyons succumbed to injuries received when he fell from some boxes which he had climbed onto while looking for prisoners at the Ramsey III Unit.
Corrections Employee Lyons was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
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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.
Corrections Employee Lyons 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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Incident Details
Military Service
Sidney L. Lyons served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.
Corrections Employee Sidney L. Lyons is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In TX, 657 of 2,421 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. Sidney L. Lyons's cause is highlighted.
How Sidney L. Lyons Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Sidney L. Lyons is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
Military Service
Sidney L. Lyons served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.
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