ROBERT J CONKLE
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Officer Rank: Correctional Officer
Memorial Panel: 25-E: 1
Department: Illinois Department of Corrections
End of Watch: July 22, 1978
Cause: NIFE
Age: 22
Years of Service: 2
Description: Correctional Officer Conkle, Officer Stanley Cole, and Lieutenant William Thomas were killed during a riot at the Pontiac prison. About 500 inmates were returning to their cells in the North Cell House when a riot erupted. Officer Conkle and Lieutenant Thomas were stabbed with shanks numerous times shortly after the riot began. Officer Cole was stabbed with a screwdriver.
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