Roll of Honor
Harvey Earl Smith
Incident
Location: California Incident Date: Tuesday, March 3, 1942
Private Harvey Smith was killed in a vehicle crash while riding in an Army truck that was responding to assist with a large group of soldiers who had become disorderly in Merced, California.
Approximately 25 soldiers had been denied entry to local bars on 17th Street and began to threaten the establishments. Local authorities requested assistance from military police, who were responding to the scene in a military truck from Merced Air Base. The driver lost control and struck a pole. Private Smith suffered fatal injuries and the other seven occupants were injured.
Private Smith was survived by his parents.
Survivors
Private Smith was survived by his parents.
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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.
Private Smith served with the United States Army Military Police Corps.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Military Service
Harvey Earl Smith served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.
Private Harvey Earl Smith 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At United States Army Military Police Corps, 39 of 65 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Harvey Earl Smith is highlighted in Mar.
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Military Service
Harvey Earl Smith served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.
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