Charles Frederick Cash
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Corrections Officer

Charles Frederick Cash

Felonious
End of Watch May 9, 1986
Age 35
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Corrections Officer Cash was beaten to death by an inmate with a hammer while supervising a group of prisoners at the Western Kentucky Farm Center. The suspect dragged Officer Cash's body into a barn and then escaped from the Farm Center in a prison van. The man was arrested, convicted of Officer Cash's murder, and sentenced to death. Officer Cash had served with the Kentucky Department of Corrections for 10 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corrections Officer Cash gave the Kentucky Department of Corrections 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kentucky. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Cash.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Frankfort, Franklin County, KY
Platform Identity kentcorr.franklin.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 9, 1986
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Blunt object

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Charles is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1986, 98 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 54th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Charles was 35. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Charles had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was blunt object, in 1.2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Kentucky Department of Corrections has 17 officers remembered here, Charles among them.

Corrections Officer Charles Frederick Cash

Kentucky Department of Corrections · End of Watch May 9, 1986

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 55-E

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