Supra C. Woodroof

Virginia Department of Corrections — Richmond, VA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch February 29, 1908

Age 77

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Guard Supra Woodroof was killed when he fell from the wall of the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia. He suffered a fractured skull when he fell 40 feet as he climbed the steps to the top of the wall.

Guard Woodroof was a Confederate Army veteran of the Civil War. He had served as a guard at the Virginia State Penitentiary for 20 years.

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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 Woodroof gave the Virginia Department of Corrections 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Virginia, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Virginia Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Richmond, VA

Platform Identity vdcorr.richmond.va.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 29, 1908

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 77

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Supra C. Woodroof served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Guard Supra C. Woodroof 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 VA, 204 of 655 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Virginia Department of Corrections, 5 of 16 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.3% of this agency's fallen.

Virginia Department of Corrections

of 16 officers

31.3% Accident

VA — Statewide

204

of 655 officers

31.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident