James Mortimer Barry

Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol — Jackson, MS

Felonious

End of Watch February 1, 1947

Age 35

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Badge 60

The Vigil Panel 83 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 27

Incident

Trooper James Barry succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained on January 28th, 1947. He and the Montgomery County sheriff stopped a suspect on Highway 51, south of Winona, to question him about a burglary. The man immediately exited his vehicle and opened fire on the officers, killing Trooper Barry. The sheriff was able to return fire and kill the suspect. Trooper Barry had served with the Mississippi Highway Patrol for two years and was assigned to Troop D. He was survived by his wife and two children. A section of US Highway 51, near Winona, was dedicated in Trooper Barry's memory.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Barry gave the Mississippi Department of Public Safety 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Mississippi. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Barry.

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

Agency

Department Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Jackson, MS

Platform Identity mdpsmhp.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 1, 1947

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 35

Badge Number 60

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Trooper James Mortimer Barry 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 Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol, 10 of 28 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 35.7% of this agency's fallen.

Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol

of 28 officers

35.7% Felonious

MS — Statewide

243

of 350 officers

69.4% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious