Wake Tech honors fallen Correction Officers and employees

RALEIGH, Nov 9 - Wake Tech Community College honored 10 Division of Prisons correctional officers and employees killed in the line of duty as it dedicated a portion of the memorial wall on its new Public Safety Education Campus. 

Each person was recognized in a video tribute and a candle was lit in their memory as a rose was placed at the memorial wall.  The NCDOC Honor Guard escorted family members and representatives from the various prisons where these employees served.

The officers and employees honored and their dates of death were:
James Chesser   12/28/1939   Central Prison
Kermit Jackson  7/21/1960  Alexander Correctional Center
Earl Strickland  6/2/1969   Robeson Correctional Center
Jenette Fish  5/19/1975  Triangle Correctional Center
Randall Cupp  6/5/1986   Alexander Correctional Center
Alan Kirk  7/15/1991   Caledonia Correctional Center
Leslie Besci  6/29/1992   Sandhills Youth Center
Sarah Valentine  2/13/1997   Odom Correctional Institution
David Anthony  10/28/1998  Iredell Correctional Center
Shannon Smith  11/9/1999  Johnston Correctional Institution

Additional sections of the memorial wall will be decicated to firefighters and law enforcement officers.

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