Gerald Raymond Featheringill

Iowa Department of Corrections — Des Moines, IA

Accident Veteran →

End of Watch February 18, 1979

Age 61

Tour of Duty 23 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Correctional Officer Gerald Featheringill died at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison when he fell from a prison wall after stepping on a patch of ice. Officer Featheringill was a military veteran and had served with the Iowa Department of Corrections for 23 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Correctional Officer Featheringill gave the Iowa Department of Corrections 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Iowa, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Iowa Department of Corrections

Location Des Moines, IA

Platform Identity idcorr.polk.ia.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 18, 1979

Tour of Duty 23 yrs

Age 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Gerald Raymond Featheringill served in the Other (1940â1945) before joining law enforcement.

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Correctional Officer Gerald Raymond Featheringill 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 IA, 71 of 226 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Iowa Department of Corrections, 4 of 14 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.

Iowa Department of Corrections

of 14 officers

28.6% Accident

IA — Statewide

of 226 officers

31.4% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident