Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Henry Halvorson was killed in an automobile crash while transporting a prisoner to the state penitentiary in Bismarck, North Dakota. The crash occurred on U.S. Highway 10 near Tappen as he attempted to pass another car. His vehicle collided with another vehicle head-on. Sheriff Halvorson had served as the sheriff of Grand Forks County for almost four years. He had previously served as an elected Grand Forks County constable for six years, police chief of the Larimore Polie Department for two years, and police chief of the Northwood Police Department for nine years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.
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21 years. You could have gone home.
Sheriff Halvorson gave the Grand Forks County Sheriff's Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Grand Forks community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Halvorson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Henry S. Halvorson 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 ND, 15 of 61 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.6% of this state's fallen. That is 24.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry S. Halvorson's cause is highlighted.
How Henry S. Halvorson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Henry S. Halvorson is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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