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Headstone of Charles Sickles

Charles Sickles

Died April 1, 1981

Charles Sickles.

How He Died
Manner Homicide
Cause Gunshot wound
Mechanism Edged weapon
What Happened

Foreman Charles Sickles succumbed to injuries sustained the previous day when he was stabbed by an inmate in the Wood Factory at San Quentin State Prison. Foreman Sickles was attempting to break up a fight between two inmates in which one of the inmates had been stabbed by the other prisoner. Foreman Sickles was in turn stabbed by the inmate who was stabbed. The inmate who started the incident was convicted of murdering both the other inmate and Foreman Sickles. He was subsequently sentenced to death. Foreman Sickles was a United States Army Air Corps veteran of WWII.

Survivors
He had served with the California Department of Corrections for 23 years and was survived by his wife and three children.
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Service Record
Also Served
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Corrections Employee
Memorials
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Panel 3-W · Line 2 cut as CHARLES SICKLES
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In tribute

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.

Corrections Employee Sickles gave the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 23 years.

Thank you for your service to the people of California, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.

Rest easy, brother.

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

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