Da'Jhaun Gaitors
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Correctional Officer

Da'Jhaun Gaitors

Accident
End of Watch October 22, 2014
Age 24
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Correctional Officer Da'Jhaun Gaitors was killed in a vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 122 and Highway 89, north of Homerville.

She and another officer were driving in a department van from the Ware State Prison to the Valdosta State Prison when they were involved in a collision.

Officer Gaitors had served with the Georgia Department of Corrections for one year.

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You barely got started.
Correctional Officer Gaitors gave the Georgia Department of Corrections 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Gaitors.

— 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 October 22, 2014
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 24
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Da'Jhaun 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 2014, 48 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 99th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Da'Jhaun was 24. 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. Da'Jhaun had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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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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Her people

Georgia Department of Corrections has 38 officers remembered here, Da'Jhaun among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Da'Jhaun Gaitors

Georgia Department of Corrections · End of Watch October 22, 2014

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 18-E

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