Harry Clifford Capps
Wildlife Officer

Harry Clifford Capps

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission — Little Rock, AR
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch July 22, 1974
Age 29
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Officers Harry Capps and William Cassidy were killed in an airplane crash while conducting an operation in eastern Arkansas.

Officer Capps was the pilot of the single-engine Champion. An investigation found that the aircraft pulled into a steep climb, went into a spin, and nose-dived into the ground at the edge of a rice field.

Officer Capps was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for 5 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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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.
Wildlife Officer Capps gave the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Little Rock community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR
Platform Identity agfc.pulaski.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 22, 1974
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 29
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Harry Clifford Capps served in the U.S. Army (1965–1967) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Harry is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,552 remembered there.

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

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Time

In 1974, 98 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 9th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Harry was 29. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Harry had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission has 8 officers remembered here, Harry among them.

Wildlife Officer Harry Clifford Capps

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission · End of Watch July 22, 1974

Military Service

Harry Clifford Capps served in the U.S. Army (1965–1967) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 46-W

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