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Patrolman

Harry D. Grimes

Ohio State Highway Patrol — Columbus, OH

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch June 8, 1952

Age 26

Tour of Duty 7 mo

Badge 215

The Vigil Panel 88 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 41

Incident

Patrolman Harry Grimes was struck and killed by an automobile while conducting a traffic stop on State Route 7 in Martins Ferry. Patrolman Grimes was a United States Navy Reserve World War II veteran and had served with the Ohio State Highway Patrol for seven months, assigned to the Bridgeport Post.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents.

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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.
Patrolman Grimes served with the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Thank you for your service to the people of Ohio, 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 Ohio State Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Columbus, OH

Platform Identity oshp.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 8, 1952

Tour of Duty 7 mo

Age 26

Badge Number 215

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Harry D. Grimes served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Harry D. Grimes 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 32.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Ohio State Highway Patrol, 33 of 42 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 78.6% of this agency's fallen.

Ohio State Highway Patrol

of 42 officers

78.6% Accident

OH — Statewide

318

of 991 officers

32.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident