Harry L. George

Maryland Natural Resources Police — Annapolis, MD

Accident

End of Watch October 24, 1978

Age 54

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Lieutenant Colonel Harry George succumbed to injuries sustained two months earlier when the Maryland Department of Natural Resources plane crashed near Edgewater, Maryland. The amphibious plane crashed into a heavily wooded area near the intersection of Pike Ridge Road and Central Avenue shortly after takeoff from Lee Airport. He was flown to the University of Maryland Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he remained until succumbing to his injuries. Two other Maryland Department of Natural Resources employees were injured in the accident. Lieutenant Colonel George had served with the Maryland Natural Resources Police for 25 years and was the chief of the agency's Marine Division.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

25 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Colonel George gave the Maryland Natural Resources Police 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Annapolis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Colonel George.

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

Agency

Department Maryland Natural Resources Police

Type Other

Location Annapolis, MD

Platform Identity mnrcons.annearundel.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 24, 1978

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

Age 54

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Lieutenant Colonel Harry L. George is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 officers honored here.

In MD, 140 of 377 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this state's fallen. That is 6.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Maryland Natural Resources Police, 4 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

Maryland Natural Resources Police

of 5 officers

80% Accident

MD — Statewide

140

of 377 officers

37.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,095

of 32,587 officers

31% Accident