Roll of Honor
Incident
Warden Wallace Pack and Officer Billy Moore were shot and killed by a prisoner who was able to gain control of one of the officers' pistols at the Ellis I Unit. The suspect was acquitted on a defense of self-defense but remained in custody on charges of burglary. Warden Pack was survived by his wife, mother, three stepchildren, two brothers, and four grandchildren. He is buried in Wheelock Cemetery, Wheelock, Robertson County, Texas.
Survivors
Warden Pack was survived by his wife, mother, three stepchildren, two brothers, and four grandchildren.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Warden Pack served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Warden Pack.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Wallace M. Pack served in the U.S. Army (1945â1947) before joining law enforcement.
Warden Wallace M. Pack is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,784 officers honored here.
In TX, 1,461 of 2,422 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.3% of this state's fallen. That is 60.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, 31 of 124 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Wallace M. Pack's cause is highlighted.
How Wallace M. Pack Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Wallace M. Pack is highlighted in Apr.
Weapons Used Against Officers
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Incident Location
Military Service
Wallace M. Pack served in the U.S. Army (1945–1947) before joining law enforcement.
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