Chad Alan Charles
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Correctional Officer

Chad Alan Charles

Cardiac
End of Watch May 21, 2014
Age 42
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Officer Chad Charles suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in a quarterly training exercise with the agency's Emergency Response Team at Camp Grayling.

He collapsed during a building clearing scenario. Other members of the ERT team performed CPR until he was transported to a local hospital, where he passed away.

Officer Charles had served with the Michigan Department of Corrections for nine years and was assigned to the Muskegon Correctional Facility.

Officer Charles had served with the Michigan Department of Corrections for nine years and was assigned to the Muskegon Correctional Facility.

Survivors

He was survived by his seven children, father, fiancée, brother, sister, and grandson. He was survived by his seven children, father, fiancée, brother, sister, and grandson.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Charles gave the Michigan Department of Corrections 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Michigan. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Charles.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Lansing, Ingham County, MI
Platform Identity michcorr.ingham.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 21, 2014
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Chad is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% 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 2014, 24 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Chad was 42. 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. Chad had served 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

May holds 8.8% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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
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His people

Michigan Department of Corrections has 15 officers remembered here, Chad among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Chad Alan Charles

Michigan Department of Corrections · End of Watch May 21, 2014

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 20-E

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