Harry Clifford Capps

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission — Little Rock, AR

Veteran → Veteran → Accident

End of Watch July 22, 1974

Age 29

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

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Gender Male

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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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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
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

Department Arkansas Game & Fish Commission

Type Other

Location Little Rock, 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 (1965â1967) before joining law enforcement.

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Wildlife Officer Harry Clifford Capps is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In AR, 92 of 372 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.7% of this state's fallen. That is 24.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, 4 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission

of 8 officers

50% Accident

AR — Statewide

of 372 officers

24.7% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident