Wayne Robert Clark
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Senior Corrections Officer

Wayne Robert Clark

Accident
End of Watch January 10, 2006
Age 62
Tour of Duty 23 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Senior Corrections Officer Wayne Clark was killed in an automobile accident on Route 130 in Burlington County.

He was returning to Riverfront State Prison in Camden from the Department of Corrections headquarters in Trenton, when his marked department vehicle collided with the back of a truck that had stopped in the roadway. It is believed that sun glare prevented Officer Clark from seeing the stopped truck.

Officer Clark had served with the Department of Corrections for 23 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his girlfriend, two sons, two daughters, and two sisters.

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23 years. You could have gone home.
Senior Corrections Officer Clark gave the New Jersey Department of Corrections 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Corrections Officer Clark.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Trenton, NJ
Platform Identity njdcorr.mercer.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 10, 2006
Tour of Duty 23 yrs
Age 62
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Wayne 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 2006, 68 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 54th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Wayne was 62. 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. Wayne had served 23 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

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

Every cause
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His people

New Jersey Department of Corrections has 32 officers remembered here, Wayne among them.

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Where

Senior Corrections Officer Wayne Robert Clark

New Jersey Department of Corrections · End of Watch January 10, 2006

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 2-E

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