D C OATES
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Officer Rank: Deputy Warden
Memorial Panel: 10-E: 22
Department: Oklahoma Department of Corrections
End of Watch: January 19, 1914
Cause: SHOT
Age:
Years of Service: 7
Description: Deputy Warden D. C. Oates ordered an escaping prisoner to drop his gun. The prisoner shot Deputy Oates, killing him. Officer H. Drover and Sergeant Fred Godfrey were both killed in this incident at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. All three inmates were killed during the escape attempt.
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