Henry Gilbert Healy
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Deputy Sheriff

Henry Gilbert Healy

Accident
End of Watch February 8, 1937
Age 33
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Henry Healey and Deputy James Tolbert drowned when their motorboat was floundered near Harrisburg. The deputies and a third man were taking supplies to flood victims.

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

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

Agency

Location Harrisburg, IL
Platform Identity scso.saline.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 8, 1937
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff Henry Gilbert Healy 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 IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Saline County Sheriff's Department, 3 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Saline County Sheriff's Department
3
of 5 officers
60% Accident
IL — Statewide
354
of 1,318 officers
26.9% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry Gilbert Healy's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Henry Gilbert Healy Compares

Age at End of Watch
33
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Henry Gilbert Healy is highlighted in Feb.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897