GJ
George Joyce
1949
George Domingo Joyce Jr..
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Edged weapon
What Happened
Location: Hawaii
Incident Date: Wednesday, January 19, 1949
Weapon: Edged weapon; Knife
Offender: Deported to China
Security Officer George Joyce was stabbed to death by an illegal alien detainee at the Immigration Station on Ala Moana Boulevard in Honolulu, Hawaii.
He was delivering the detainees breakfast tray and was attacked when the cell door was opened. The detainee, who was detained after refusing to submit to Cholera testing after arriving from China, stabbed him in the neck several times, severing his jugular. A jail matron and another detainee assisted in subduing the subject and called for help.
Officer Joyce slipped into a coma and died of his wounds five days later.
The subject who stabbed him was determined to be insane and subsequently deported to his native China.
Officer Joyce was a veteran of WWI and had served as a security officer with the Immigration and Naturalization Service for only one month.
Incident Date: Wednesday, January 19, 1949
Weapon: Edged weapon; Knife
Offender: Deported to China
Security Officer George Joyce was stabbed to death by an illegal alien detainee at the Immigration Station on Ala Moana Boulevard in Honolulu, Hawaii.
He was delivering the detainees breakfast tray and was attacked when the cell door was opened. The detainee, who was detained after refusing to submit to Cholera testing after arriving from China, stabbed him in the neck several times, severing his jugular. A jail matron and another detainee assisted in subduing the subject and called for help.
Officer Joyce slipped into a coma and died of his wounds five days later.
The subject who stabbed him was determined to be insane and subsequently deported to his native China.
Officer Joyce was a veteran of WWI and had served as a security officer with the Immigration and Naturalization Service for only one month.
Survivors
He was survived by his son, three brothers, and one sister.
Service Record
Also Served
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - Detention and Deportation
Security Officer
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