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Patrolman

Harry Stith

Vicksburg Police Department — Vicksburg, MS

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch February 27, 1884

Age 48

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

The Vigil Panel 8 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 3

Incident

Patrolman Harry Stith was stabbed to death by a prisoner on China Street near Washington Street.

He had been sent to a residence after a landlady reported a tenant had stolen $10 from her. As he was walking the prisoner to the workhouse, the subject grabbed a Bowie knife he had concealed and stabbed Patrolman Stith in the groin, severing the femoral artery. Patrolman Stith managed to shoot the man, killing him instantly. Patrolman Stith succumbed to his stab wound before any medical aid was given to him.

Patrolman Stith was a Civil War veteran and a member of the United States Colored Troops Heavy Artillery who had served with the Vicksburg Police Department for eight years.

He is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and family.

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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.
Patrolman Stith gave the Vicksburg Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Vicksburg 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 Vicksburg Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Platform Identity vpd.warren.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 27, 1884

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 48

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Edged weapon; Knife

Military Service

Harry Stith served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Harry Stith is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In MS, 243 of 350 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.4% of this state's fallen. That is 69.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Vicksburg Police Department, 4 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Vicksburg Police Department

of 4 officers

100% Felonious

MS — Statewide

243

of 350 officers

69.4% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious