Roll of Honor
James Dimanoff
Incident
Corrections Officer James Dimanoff was killed after falling from a guard tower while trying to secure a trap door. After climbing up several flights on a ladder of the tower he was assigned to, he fell through the trap door and was fatally injured. Officer Dimanoff served at Gatesville.
Survivors
He is survived by his two sons.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Dimanoff 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, Correctional Officer Dimanoff.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer James Dimanoff 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. James Dimanoff's cause is highlighted.
How James Dimanoff Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Dimanoff is highlighted in Oct.
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