Casimiro Maximino Pomales served in the U.S. Navy for 3 years and 11 months. Casimiro served during the years of the Cold War.
Corrections Officer Casimiro Pomales was killed in an automobile accident as he and another officer transported an inmate to a medical appointment.
Officer Pomales was driving a prison van on the New York State Thruway, near Ulster, when it was sideswiped by another car. The impact caused the van to overturn. Officer Pomales, the other officer, and the inmate were transported to Kingston Hospital where Officer Pomales was pronounced dead.
Officer Pomales had served with the New York State Department of Correctional Services for over 22 years and was assigned to the Eastern Correctional Facility.
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22 years. You could have gone home.
Corrections Officer Pomales gave the New York State Department of Correctional Services 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Albany community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Pomales.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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