Walter Owen Fulford

Georgia Department of Corrections — Atlanta, GA

Accident

End of Watch January 24, 1990

Age 56

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 37

Incident

Correctional Officer Walter Fulford was killed while supervising an inmate road crew.

He was operating a road grader and stopped to talk with a county official. As he got off the grader it moved forward and ran over him.

Officer Fulford was assigned to the Hall County Correctional Institute.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Fulford served with the Georgia Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Fulford.

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

Agency

Department Georgia Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Atlanta, GA

Platform Identity gdcorr.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 24, 1990

Age 56

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Correctional Officer Walter Owen Fulford is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 officers honored here.

In GA, 263 of 903 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Georgia Department of Corrections, 8 of 38 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21.1% of this agency's fallen.

Georgia Department of Corrections

of 38 officers

21.1% Accident

GA — Statewide

263

of 903 officers

29.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,095

of 32,587 officers

31% Accident