Correctional Officer

Kermit Dale Jackson

Accident
End of Watch July 21, 1960
Age 22
Tour of Duty 7 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Officer Kermit Jackson was accidentally shot with his own service weapon. As Officer Jackson leaned over for a drink of water from a mountain spring, his gun slipped out of its holster, struck a rock and discharged, killing him. Officer Jackson had served with the North Carolina Division of Prisons for seven months and was assigned to the Alexander Correctional Center.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Jackson served with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Jackson.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Raleigh, Wake County, NC
Platform Identity ncdpsdacjjdps.wake.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 21, 1960
Tour of Duty 7 mo
Age 22
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Kermit is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1960, 73 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 38th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kermit was 22. 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. Kermit had served 0.6 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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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His people

North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has 31 officers remembered here, Kermit among them.

Correctional Officer Kermit Dale Jackson

North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice · End of Watch July 21, 1960

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 57-W

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