Roll of Honor
Victor Bryan McMillin
Incident
Correctional Officer Victor McMillin was killed when a dump truck overturned and crushed him as he supervised a work crew building a dam at the Territorial Prison's hydroelectric plant in Cañon City.
The crew was reinforcing the dam in a ditch that brought water from the Arkansas River to the hydroelectric plant. Officer McMillin had directed an inmate to raise the bed of the dump truck. As the bed raised the truck tipped over and landed on Officer McMillan, killing him.
Officer McMillin had served with the Colorado Department of Corrections for 10 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer McMillin gave the Colorado Department of Corrections 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Colorado. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer McMillin.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer Victor Bryan McMillin is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In CO, 101 of 360 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Colorado Department of Corrections, 4 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Victor Bryan McMillin's cause is highlighted.
How Victor Bryan McMillin Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Victor Bryan McMillin is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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