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Robert Danforth Clark
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Correctional Officer I

Robert Danforth Clark

Georgia Department of Corrections — Atlanta, GA
Felonious
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End of Watch October 1, 2023
Age 42
Tour of Duty 6 mo
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 37

Incident

Correctional Officer I Robert Clark died after being assaulted by an inmate with a homemade weapon at the Smith State Prison.

He was escorting two prisoners from the dining hall when one of them attacked him from behind with the weapon. The second prisoner attempted to stop the attack but was also assaulted and injured before the attacker was subdued. Officer Clark and the wounded inmate were both transported to a local hospital where Officer Clark succumbed to his wounds.

The inmate who attacked him, who was already serving a life sentence for murder, was charged with Officer Clark's murder.

Officer Clark had served with the Georgia Department of Corrections for only six months.

Survivors

He is survived by his mother, two brothers, four sisters, six nephews, and nine nieces.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer I Clark served with the Georgia Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer I Clark.

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

Agency

Department Georgia Department of Corrections
Type Corrections
Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
Platform Identity gdcorr.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 1, 2023
Tour of Duty 6 mo
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Assault
Weapon Person

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Robert is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 2023, 61 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 123rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Robert was 42. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Robert had served 0.5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

By month
By day of the week
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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 person, in 2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Georgia Department of Corrections has 38 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer I Robert Danforth Clark

Georgia Department of Corrections · End of Watch October 1, 2023

Where the Name Is Cut

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