Roll of Honor
Christopher Gayle
Biography
Christopher Gayle served eight years with the United States Navy as a Boatswains Mate 2nd Class (E-5) and Surface Warfare Specialist before joining the New York City Department of Correction. He began his DOC career at the George R. Vierno Center and rose to an assignment in the Investigations Division. He was a proud member of the DOC Ceremonial Unit and was extremely well-liked and respected by everyone who worked alongside him. He was 42 years old with, as his colleagues noted, a bright future ahead of him.
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Correction Officer Christopher Gayle served with the New York Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service, and for your service before it. We will always remember your sacrifice.
You belong on this wall. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Christopher Gayle served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Correction Officer Christopher Gayle is one of 256 officers honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NY, 19 of 2,147 officers were honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job — 0.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.
National Cause Distribution
How Suicide compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Christopher Gayle's cause is highlighted.
How Christopher Gayle Compares
When Suicide Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Suicide deaths across the full memorial record. Christopher Gayle is highlighted in Jan.