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Officer

Harry Borum

Terre Haute Police Department — Terre Haute, IN

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch November 23, 1924

Age 30

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Badge 47

The Vigil Panel 48 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 13

Incident

Officer Harry Borum died after striking his head on the pavement while struggling with a suspect of a disturbance. Officer Borum, while on duty in plainclothes, was investigating a group of subjects who had been causing a disturbance during the evening at numerous establishments. As he confronted the group that was starting a fight near 8th and Wabash streets, one of the male subjects attacked Officer Borum and knocked him to the ground, causing a fatal skull fracture. Officer Borum was a World War I veteran and had served with the Terre Haute Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, 3-year-old son, and 1-year-old 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.
Officer Borum gave the Terre Haute Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Terre Haute 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 Terre Haute Police Department

Location Terre Haute, IN

Platform Identity thpd.vigo.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 23, 1924

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 30

Badge Number 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Person

Offender Not available

Military Service

Harry Borum served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Officer Harry Borum is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In IN, 311 of 503 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.8% of this state's fallen. That is 7.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Terre Haute Police Department, 12 of 14 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 85.7% of this agency's fallen.

Terre Haute Police Department

of 14 officers

85.7% Felonious

IN — Statewide

311

of 503 officers

61.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious