Harry E. Hamilton
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Officer

Harry E. Hamilton

Metropolitan Police Department — Washington, DC
Felonious
End of Watch November 1, 1946
Age 39
Badge 793
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Gender Male

Incident

Detective Harry Hamilton was killed when he and his partner attempted to arrest a suspect in a stolen car. Detective Hamilton and his partner were approaching the occupied stolen auto, which was parked near Q Street and Florida Avenue, NE, when the driver spotted the detectives and proceeded to drive off. The detectives grabbed onto the sides of the auto and held on as the car accelerated straight into a tractor-trailer near the intersection of Florida Avenue and New York Avenue, NE. Detective Hamilton died from a broken back and fractured skull.

Survivors

Detective Hamilton was survived by his wife and three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Hamilton served with the Metropolitan Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Hamilton.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity mpdc.dc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 1, 1946
Age 39
Badge Number 793
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Harry is one of 15,741 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.2% of the 27,543 remembered there.

33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1946, 91 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 62nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Harry was 39. Of the 14,215 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.2% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Harry among them.

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Where

Officer Harry E. Hamilton

Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch November 1, 1946

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 20-W

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