Howell Dean Burchfield. Howell served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Sergeant Howell Burchfield was stabbed to death when he was attacked by an inmate at the San Quentin State Prison's Carson Unit.
He was stabbed in the heart, causing him to bleed to death. All three inmates involved in the attack were convicted of his murder. The inmate who stabbed him and the inmate who ordered the stabbing were sentenced to life with no possibility of parole. The inmate who made and provided the shank was sentenced to death.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Burchfield gave the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Burchfield.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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