Harry M. Leavitt
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Sheriff

Harry M. Leavitt

Accident
End of Watch December 27, 1946
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Gender Male

Incident

Sheriff Leavitt was killed in an automobile accident while returning to Ossipee after delivering a prisoner to the State Hospital in Concord, New Hampshire.

Survivors

Sheriff Leavitt was survived by his wife and 8-year-old son.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Leavitt served with the Carroll County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Ossipee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Leavitt.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Ossipee, Carroll County, NH
Platform Identity ccso.carroll.nh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 27, 1946
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sheriff Harry M. Leavitt is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In NH, 16 of 59 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Carroll County Sheriff's Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
NH — Statewide
16
of 59 officers
27.1% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harry M. Leavitt's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Harry M. Leavitt Compares

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Harry M. Leavitt is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

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