JOHN TAYLOR COAX

Officer Rank: Corrections Officer
Memorial Panel: 51-W: 21
Department: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
End of Watch: February 11, 1924
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: 10
Description: Corrections Officer Coax was shot and killed by a armed prisoner during a prison riot. Deputy Warden John Pieper was also killed in this incident.
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