Correctional Officer

Victor Bryan McMillin

Colorado Department of Corrections — Colorado Springs, CO
Accident
End of Watch December 21, 1961
Age 64
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Officer Victor McMillin was killed when a dump truck overturned and crushed him as he supervised a work crew building a dam at the Territorial Prison's hydroelectric plant in Cañon City.

The crew was reinforcing the dam in a ditch that brought water from the Arkansas River to the hydroelectric plant. Officer McMillin had directed an inmate to raise the bed of the dump truck. As the bed raised the truck tipped over and landed on Officer McMillan, killing him.

Officer McMillin had served with the Colorado Department of Corrections for 10 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer McMillin gave the Colorado Department of Corrections 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Colorado. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer McMillin.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO
Platform Identity cdcorr.elpaso.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 21, 1961
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 64
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Victor is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1961, 67 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 59th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Victor was 64. 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. Victor had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Thursdays: 14%.

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How

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

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His people

Colorado Department of Corrections has 18 officers remembered here, Victor among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Victor Bryan McMillin

Colorado Department of Corrections · End of Watch December 21, 1961

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 28-W

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