GREGORY DALE MITCHELL

Officer Rank: Correctional Officer
Memorial Panel: 62-E: 29
Department: Georgia Department of Corrections
End of Watch: July 7, 2015
Cause: FALL
Age: 50
Years of Service: 25
Description: Correctional Officer Mitchell was killed in an accident while supervising maintenance duties at the Hays State Prison. Officer Mitchell was riding in the back of a maintenance buggy as it approached an interior gate on the prison grounds. The buggy accelerated and the bed latch came undone and the bed of the buggy tilted, tossing Officer Mitchell onto the ground. Officer Mitchell struck his head on the ground and lost consciousness. Officer Mitchell was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.
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