Roll of Honor
Wayne Robert Clark
Incident
Senior Corrections Officer Wayne Clark was killed in an automobile accident on Route 130 in Burlington County.
He was returning to Riverfront State Prison in Camden from the Department of Corrections headquarters in Trenton, when his marked department vehicle collided with the back of a truck that had stopped in the roadway. It is believed that sun glare prevented Officer Clark from seeing the stopped truck.
Officer Clark had served with the Department of Corrections for 23 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his girlfriend, two sons, two daughters, and two sisters.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
23 years. You could have gone home.
Senior Corrections Officer Clark gave the New Jersey Department of Corrections 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Corrections Officer Clark.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Corrections Officer Wayne Robert Clark 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 NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 8.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At New Jersey Department of Corrections, 3 of 32 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 9.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Wayne Robert Clark's cause is highlighted.
How Wayne Robert Clark Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
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