Thomas Carroll
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Jailer

Thomas Carroll

Cardiac Veteran
End of Watch March 10, 2009
Age 51
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Gender Male

Incident

Jailer Thomas Carroll suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in a CPR training exercise. He was transported to Red Wing Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

Jailer Carroll was a U.S. Navy veteran.

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BO-US-MN-70D2672C
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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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.
Jailer Carroll served with the Goodhue County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Red Wing community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Location Red Wing, MN
Platform Identity gcso.goodhue.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 10, 2009
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Thomas Carroll served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Jailer Thomas Carroll 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 MN, 26 of 293 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 8.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

Goodhue County Sheriff's Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Cardiac
MN — Statewide
26
of 293 officers
8.9% Cardiac
Nationwide
1,306
of 32,508 officers
4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas Carroll's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Thomas Carroll Compares

Age at End of Watch
51
This officer
Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

When Cardiac Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Carroll is highlighted in Mar.

Jan
124
Feb
105
Mar
99
Apr
116
May
115
Jun
95
Jul
94
Aug
104
Sep
109
Oct
121
Nov
113
Dec
111