John Harold Larson

Saint Paul Police Department — Saint Paul, MN

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 10, 1974

Age 31

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 32

Incident

Police Officer John Larson was killed in a traffic collision when his patrol car collided with a fire department van at Grand and Snelling Avenues while responding to an emergency call at 11:30 p.m. Officer Larson, who was the passenger in the patrol vehicle, succumbed to head injuries at St. Paul-Ramsey Hospital at 12:35 a.m. His partner and four firemen were not injured. Officer Larson was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the St. Paul Police Department for six years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

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.
Police Officer Larson gave the Saint Paul Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Saint Paul Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Saint Paul, MN

Platform Identity sainpd.ramsey.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 10, 1974

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

John Harold Larson served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer John Harold Larson is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 28.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Saint Paul Police Department, 11 of 33 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Saint Paul Police Department

of 33 officers

33.3% Accident

MN — Statewide

of 293 officers

28.7% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident