Roll of Honor
Deb Edward Long
Incident
Around 1:00 a.m. sixteen convicts at the Eastham State Prison in Lovelady, Houston County, Texas, escaped by cutting through a wall of the wooden building in which they were locked up for the night, using a pocket knife. During the escape Guard Deb Long was accidentally shot and killed by Guard Tom Bozeman who mistook the guard for one of the convicts in the woods where they had surrounded the escapees. Long was wearing long white trousers, similar to those issued to prisoners. By 4:00 p.m. all sixteen convicts had been captured and returned to the prison.
Deb Long was 26 years old. He was buried in the Salem Cemetery in Weldon, Houston County, Texas.
Rest in peace Guard Long. Just tragic! Always a hero!
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis November 30th, 2021
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Guard Long served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Guard Long.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Guard Deb Edward Long 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, 32 of 124 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Deb Edward Long's cause is highlighted.
How Deb Edward Long Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Deb Edward Long is highlighted in Feb.
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