Dan Harrison
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Correctional Officer

Dan Harrison

Felonious
End of Watch July 23, 1978
Age 32
Tour of Duty 10 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Officer Dan Harrison was beaten and stabbed to death at the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia.

He was going to the aid of another officer who was being attacked during a prisoner riot. Officer Harrison was stabbed a total of 61 times and was beaten so badly that nearly every bone in his body was broken. After the assault the prisoners stacked mattresses on top of his body and lit them on fire.

Officer Harrison had served with the Georgia Department of Corrections for 10 months.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, three children, and twin sister.

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

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
Platform Identity gdcorr.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 23, 1978
Tour of Duty 10 mo
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Stabbed
Weapon Edged weapon; Shank

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Dan is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1978, 121 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 43rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Dan was 32. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Dan had served 0.8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

By month
By day of the week
IV

How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was edged weapon; shank, in 0.1% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Georgia Department of Corrections has 38 officers remembered here, Dan among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Dan Harrison

Georgia Department of Corrections · End of Watch July 23, 1978

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 7-E

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