WILLIAM THOMAS
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Officer Rank: Lieutenant
Memorial Panel: 11-W: 1
Department: Illinois Department of Corrections
End of Watch: July 22, 1978
Cause: NIFE
Age: 49
Years of Service: 4
Description: Lieutenant Thomas and Correctional Officers Robert Conkle and Stanley Cole 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. Lieutenant Thomas and Officer Conkle were stabbed with shanks numerous times shortly after the riot began.
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