Roll of Honor
Charles Mills
Incident
Bureau Chief Charles Mills was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.
Chief Mills had served in law enforcement for 40 years. Before serving with the Office of Tax Enforcement, he had served with the New York City Transit Police Department, Schenectady Police Department, and the Troy Police Department.
September 11, 2001
Bureau Chief Charles Mills was killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was 61 years old.
He is one of 72 officers honored here.
Seventy-two law enforcement officers from eight local, state, and federal agencies were killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001, alongside 343 members of the New York City Fire Department and more than 2,800 civilians. A fourth aircraft went down in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where a law enforcement officer aboard was among the dead.
Officers went into the towers while everyone else was coming out. More than 25,000 people reached safety because they did.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and five children.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
You went in while everyone else was coming out.
Bureau Chief Mills gave the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance 40 years.
Thank you for your service to the Albany community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Bureau Chief Mills.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Bureau Chief Charles Mills is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In NY, 655 of 2,147 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 30.5% of this state's fallen. That is 30.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles Mills's cause is highlighted.
How Charles Mills Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Charles Mills is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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