Max M. Hinckley
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Correctional Officer

Max M. Hinckley

Accident
End of Watch March 31, 1967
Age 57
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Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Officer Hinckley and Correctional Officer Joe Crater were killed while inside the arsenal at the State Prison of Southern Michigan when a mysterious explosion occurred.

A total of 80 percent of the facility's arsenal, including guns, tear gas, ammunition, and radios, were lost.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Hinckley served with the Michigan Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Michigan. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Hinckley.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Lansing, Ingham County, MI
Platform Identity michcorr.ingham.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 31, 1967
Age 57
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Max is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1967, 73 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 38th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Max was 57. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Michigan Department of Corrections has 15 officers remembered here, Max among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Max M. Hinckley

Michigan Department of Corrections · End of Watch March 31, 1967

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 56-W

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