Brandon Elliot Kountz
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Correctional Officer

Brandon Elliot Kountz

Cardiac
End of Watch March 31, 2013
Age 26
Tour of Duty 11 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Officer Brandon Kountz suffered a fatal heart attack while responding to a body alarm at FCC Beaumont, in Beamont Texas.

He was rushing to assist other officers deal with the inmates when he suddenly collapsed.

Officer Kountz had served with the Federal Bureau of Prisons for only 11 months.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife.

In Our Keeping

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Kountz served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Kountz.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdjfbpfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 31, 2013
Tour of Duty 11 mo
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Brandon 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 2013, 14 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 40th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Brandon was 26. 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. Brandon had served 0.9 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

March holds 7.6% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Sundays: 13.9%.

By month
By day of the week
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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.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons has 34 officers remembered here, Brandon among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Brandon Elliot Kountz

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons · End of Watch March 31, 2013

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 52-W

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