Elon Werner, age 63
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Lost to gun violence on September 13, 1971 in Attica, New York.
Elon Werner had been an account clerk for Attica State Prison for 13 years, and also lost his nephew Correctional Officer Ronald Werner during this prison revolt on 9-11-1971.
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- Newspapers.com: Elon Werner death 1971
- The Attica Riots • Correctional Peace Officers Foundation
- http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/mssc/attica/atticareport.pdf
- Attica Prison riot - Wikipedia
- Gun Violence Archive
Also killed were:
- Alfred Williams
- Allen Durham, age 20
- Correctional Officer Carl W. Valone, age 44
- Correctional Officer Harrison William "Red" Whalen, age 37
- Correctional Officer John D'Archangelo, Jr., age 23
- Correctional Officer Richard J Lewis, age 42
- Correctional Officer Ronald D. Werner, age 34
- Corrections Sgt. Edward T Cunningham, age 52
- Edward R Menefee, age 20
- Elliott James “L.D.” Barkley, age 21
- Elmer Hardie, age 57
- Gidell Martin, age 36
- Herbert Walter “Skip” Jones Jr, age 26
- James B Robinson
- John Monteleone, age 41
- Kenneth B Malloy
- Lorenzo McNeil, age 29
- Milton Menyweather III, age 25
- Rafael Vasquez
- Raymond Rivera
- Richard Moore, age 48
- Robert J Henigan
- Samuel Melville, age 37
- Santiago Santos, age 29
- Tomas B Hicks, age 31
- William Allen, age 21
- William B McKinney
- Willie Fuller, age 36
- Willie West Jr, age 26
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