Guard

Wilton Roy Manum

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - Detention and Deportation — Washington, DC

Cardiac

End of Watch November 16, 1945

Age 60

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Guard Wilton Manum suffered a fatal heart attack while attempting to extinguish a brush fire outside of the Bedford Springs Hotel in Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania.

The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service had contracted to use the entire Bedford Springs Hotel as a detainee detention facility for the Japanese ambassador to Germany, his family, and other Japanese government prisoners who were taken into custody after Japan surrendered. The facility was being closed on November 16th, 1945, and all of the detainees were being loaded onto buses to begin their movement to California by train before being deported back to Japan.

At about 1:45 pm, Guard Manum noticed a brush fire next to a watch tower and ran into the hotel to retrieve a tip-over fire extinguisher. He ran it back to the fire but collapsed against a tree. Another guard put out the fire.

Guard Manum had served as a guard at the facility for 4-1/2 months and died on his last day of employment. He had previously served as the Assistant Chief of Section of the INS' Central Office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Guard Manum served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Guard Manum.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - Detention and Deportation

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdjinsddfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 16, 1945

Age 60

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Guard Wilton Roy Manum 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 DC, 71 of 1,419 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - Detention and Deportation, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - Detention and Deportation

of 6 officers

16.7% Cardiac

DC — Statewide

of 1,419 officers

5% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac