Officer Deaths
Five officers were killed in the line of duty at Leavenworth.
- Joseph B. Waldrupe, November 10, 1901, from injuries received during institution mutiny and mass escape on November 7, 1901.
- Andrew F. Turner, March 26, 1916. Murdered by inmate Robert Stroud aka the Birdman of Alcatraz.
- Edgar A. Barr, March 19, 1917. Murdered during an altercation with an inmate.
- John W. Johnson, September 29, 1974. Murdered during an altercation with an inmate.
- Wayne L. Selle, July 31, 1973. Murdered by inmates during an institution riot.
In addition, two non-officers were killed in the line of duty between 1922 and 1929:
- Andrew H. Leonard, Captain, November 14, 1922. Murdered during an altercation with an inmate in which six other officers received life-threatening injuries.
- Robert G. Warnke, Laundry Foreman, June 20, 1929. Murdered in institution laundry building by serial killer Carl Panzram.
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