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James Kenneth Bounds
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Corporal

James Kenneth Bounds

Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol — Jackson, MS
Cardiac
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End of Watch October 21, 1984
Age 43
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 27

Incident

Corporal James Bounds suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to the murder scene of Conservation Officer James Wood, of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.

Upon initially arriving at the scene Corporal Bounds set up a perimeter around the area of Officer Wood's home at Ross Barnett Lake, near Mize. When other officers and medical personnel arrived he entered the crime scene and learned that the victim was Officer Wood. Upon seeing Officer Wood he clutched his chest and collapsed as he said: "What about his family?"

The man who murdered Officer Wood was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Corporal Bounds had served with the Mississipi Highway Patrol for 20 years and was assigned to Troop J in Hattiesburg, Smith County.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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20 years. You could have gone home.
Corporal Bounds gave the Mississippi Department of Public Safety 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Mississippi. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Bounds.

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

Agency

Department Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol
Type Highway Patrol
Location Jackson, Hinds County, MS
Platform Identity mdpsmhp.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 21, 1984
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 43
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

James is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% 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 1984, 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.

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Who

James was 43. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. James had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

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When

October holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Sundays: 13.9%.

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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.

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His people

Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol has 28 officers remembered here, James among them.

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Where

Corporal James Kenneth Bounds

Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol · End of Watch October 21, 1984

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 47-W

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