Roll of Honor
Walter Owen Fulford
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
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Walter Owen Fulford served in the U.S. Navy (1953â1955) before joining law enforcement.
Correctional Officer Walter Owen Fulford is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,784 officers honored here.
In GA, 264 of 905 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Walter Owen Fulford's cause is highlighted.
How Walter Owen Fulford Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Walter Owen Fulford is highlighted in Jan.
Military Service
Walter Owen Fulford served in the U.S. Navy (1953–1955) before joining law enforcement.
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