Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain Harry Price succumbed to injuries sustained in an explosion that tore through the police launch he and other officers were in on the Delaware River. The police launch had been just undocked from the Penn Treaty Park Pier when the explosion occurred. Captain Price, commander of the Harbor Patrol, was severely burned and his right leg crushed. He died at St. Mary's Hospital. Seven other officers, including the police superintendent were injured. Captain Price served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 19 years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Captain Price gave the Philadelphia Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Price.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Harry Bumm Price is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Philadelphia Police Department, 110 of 378 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harry Bumm Price's cause is highlighted.
How Harry Bumm Price Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Harry Bumm Price is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
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