Harry Joseph Coelho
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Officer

Harry Joseph Coelho

Honolulu Police Department — Honolulu, HI
Cardiac
End of Watch May 20, 2007
Age 48
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
The Vigil Panel 155 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Harry Coelho suffered a fatal heart attack while intervening in a fight at Haleiwa Beach Park.

He was visiting the beach with his family when the fight broke out nearby. He collapsed while trying to subdue the two men who were fighting.

The officer had served with the Honolulu Police Department for 21 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

In Our Keeping

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NW-SXXK-8FF5-G earlier record number BO-US-HI-461E5B80
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21 years. You could have gone home.
Officer Coelho gave the Honolulu Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Honolulu community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Coelho.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
Platform Identity hpd.honolulu.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 20, 2007
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
Age 48
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac
Cause Detail Heart attack
Weapon Person

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Harry is one of 1,304 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% 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 2007, 13 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 43rd heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Harry was 48. Of the 1,246 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Harry had served 21 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

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

May holds 8.8% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.5%. Sundays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause. The weapon recorded was person, in 16.1% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Honolulu Police Department has 52 officers remembered here, Harry among them.

Across the years
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Where

Officer Harry Joseph Coelho

Honolulu Police Department · End of Watch May 20, 2007

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 28-W

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