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Detective

Clarence Edward Harris

Atlanta Police Department — Atlanta, GA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch October 20, 1973

Age 26

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 10 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Military Also Remembered Department 87

Incident

Detective Clarence Harris was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance at the Atlanta Theater at 583 Peachtree Street, NE. He was working his secondary job at the Atlanta Theater when he attempted to break up a fight between two men. During the struggle, one of the subjects grabbed Detective Harris' gun. When Detective Harris tried to take back his gun, he was struck. A teenager was wounded while trying to assist Detective Harris. On March 1, 1974, the suspect, 19, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years. In March 1973, Detective Harris was shot in the face during a narcotics search. Detective Harris was a U.S. Marine Corps Purple Heart recipient of the Vietnam War and had served with the Atlanta Police Department for almost 2 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and a newborn daughter.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Detective Harris gave the Atlanta Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Atlanta community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Atlanta Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Platform Identity apd.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 20, 1973

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 10 mo

Age 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Clarence Edward Harris served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Clarence is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

Compare against

Time

In 1973, 171 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 17th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Clarence was 26. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Clarence had served 1.8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

Where he stood among them

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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause

Weapons recorded