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Correctional Officer Kenneth Denton suffered a fatal heart attack while supervising five inmate road workers at 9:30 am.
He was driving a department van on Highway 9 near Granite, Oklahoma, when he suffered a heart attack. The van left the roadway, struck a bridge abutment, and overturned.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Denton served with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Denton.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Cardiac
Oklahoma Department of Corrections has lost 19 officers; 3 of them lost to cardiac events.
Kenneth is one of 21 officers lost to cardiac events in OK, 3.6% of the 582 remembered there.
Kenneth is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% of the 27,551 remembered there.
Kenneth is one of 1,309 officers lost to cardiac events worldwide, 3.9% of the 33,917 remembered here.
33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1989, 2 officers in OK were lost to cardiac events, more than in any other year.
In 1989, 16 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 24th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.
In 1989, 16 officers worldwide were lost to cardiac events, the 24th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.
When
August holds 4.8% of these deaths in OK; January holds the most, 19%. Thursdays: 9.5%.
August holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Thursdays: 14.5%.
August holds 8% of these deaths worldwide; January holds the most, 9.5%. Thursdays: 14.5%.
How
Cardiac deaths account for 15.8% of all 19 deaths at Oklahoma Department of Corrections, the 2nd most common cause.
Cardiac deaths account for 3.6% of all 582 deaths in OK, the 3rd most common cause.
Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.
Cardiac deaths account for 3.9% of all 33,917 deaths worldwide, the 4th most common cause.
His people
Oklahoma Department of Corrections has 19 officers remembered here, Kenneth among them.
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Herman H. Drover
Jan 19, 1914
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Fred C. Godfrey
Jan 19, 1914
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D. C. Oates
Jan 19, 1914
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William Robert Mayfield Jan 20, 1926
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James Payton Jones Feb 17, 1935
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William C. Turner Jul 18, 1935
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Charles D. Powell May 13, 1936
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Jess Dunn
Aug 10, 1941
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W. H. Riley Dec 13, 1943
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W. H. Aston Aug 4, 1948
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Albert Jerald Cox
Mar 5, 1977
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Raymond L. Chandler Dec 18, 1980
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Rex Thompson
Sep 1, 1981
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Eugene L. Young
Jul 28, 1989
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Kenneth Denton
Aug 3, 1989
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Joe Allen Gamble
Jun 6, 2000
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Jeffery Matthew McCoy
May 18, 2012
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Stephen Roshawn Jenkins, Sr.
Jan 7, 2017
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Robert William Sumner
Jul 14, 2024
Where
Where the Name Is Cut
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 52-E
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