CHARLES D POWELL
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Officer Rank: Prison Guard
Memorial Panel: 57-E: 22
Department: Oklahoma Department of Corrections
End of Watch: May 13, 1936
Cause: SHOT
Age: 35
Years of Service: 5
Description: During a prison escape of approximately twenty-four inmates, Guard Powell and three other guards were taken hostage. When the prisoners attempted to board a vehicle to escape, a shootout occurred between law enforcement officials and the prison escapees. Guard Powell was killed in the exchange of gunfire. Prison Guards Gossett and Tuck Cope were also wounded in the incident.
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