Henry C. Perrow

San Antonio Police Dept. — San Antonio, TX

Felonious

End of Watch December 13, 1933

Age 56

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 63

Incident

Detective Henry Perrow succumbed to gunshot wounds he received on December 11, 1933, in an alley off East Coast Commerce Street. Law enforcement was on the lookout for men involved in a stream of recent robberies. When Detective Perrow and his partner approached a subject, the man began firing. Detective Perrow and his partner were both wounded. Detective Perrow was transported to the county hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds two days later. One member of the Dillinger Gang was apprehended and extradited to Minnesota. Members of the gang were in San Antonio to purchase weapons. The other suspect who shot the officers escaped and was shot and killed on June 4, 1934, in an unrelated shootout. Detective Perrow was a United States Army Spanish-American War veteran who had served with the San Antonio Police Department for 15 years and previously served as a Texas Ranger for four years. Survivors include his wife, daughter, granddaughter, brother, and sister. Led by John Dillinger, the Dillinger Gang was a notorious group of Midwest bank robbers. Associates of the gang were responsible for the fatal shootings of 13 law enforcement officers in 1933 and 1934. Two infamous members of the gang, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, were shot and killed by law enforcement officers in separate incidents. The other gang members were either murdered by criminals, shot and killed by law enforcement officers, executed for their crimes, or sentenced to time in prison. Click here to see all the officers killed by members of the Dillinger Gang

Survivors

Survivors include his wife, daughter, granddaughter, brother, and sister.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Perrow gave the San Antonio Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Antonio community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Perrow.

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

Agency

Department San Antonio Police Dept.

Location San Antonio, TX

Platform Identity sapd.bexar.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 13, 1933

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Age 56

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Shot and killed

Detective Henry C. Perrow is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In TX, 1,463 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.4% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At San Antonio Police Dept., 40 of 64 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 62.5% of this agency's fallen.

San Antonio Police Dept.

of 64 officers

62.5% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,463

of 2,421 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious