Roll of Honor
Incident
Guard Lee White was shot and killed while participating in a search for two escaped convicts from the Hutchinson State Reformatory. He had been supervising a work detail at the State Fairgrounds when he was attacked and knocked unconscious by two of the inmates. After regaining consciousness he returned to the prison and took part in the search. He and two other guards, along with an inmate, left the prison in a borrowed car in search for the suspects. As they attempted to go around a curve the car overturned twice. Guard White was thrown from the vehicle, which landed on top of him. The inmates were later shot and killed in a shootout with authorities in Roswell, New Mexico.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Guard White served with the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kansas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Guard White.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Guard Lee White 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 KS, 66 of 335 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.7% of this state's fallen. That is 11.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Kansas Department of Corrections, 1 of 12 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 8.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lee White's cause is highlighted.
How Lee White Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Lee White is highlighted in Jul.
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