Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Thomas Henry suffered a fatal heart attack while chasing a suspect.
The officer and his partner attempted to serve several warrants on the suspect when he fled. After a foot pursuit, the suspect was apprehended. Detective Henry collapsed after suffering a heart attack shortly after the arrest. He was transported to a local hospital where he lapsed into a coma. He remained unconscious until his death 24 days later.
Detective Henry was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient during the Vietnam War. He had served with the Bel-Ridge Police Department for eight years. He had served in law enforcement for 26 years, having previously served with the Calverton Park Police Department and St. John Police Department.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and seven children.
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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.
Detective Henry gave the Bel-Ridge Police Department 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bel-Ridge community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Thomas F. Henry Sr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.
Detective Thomas F. Henry Sr. is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In MO, 32 of 813 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.9% of this state's fallen. That is 3.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas F. Henry Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Thomas F. Henry Sr. Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas F. Henry Sr. is highlighted in Aug.
Military Service
Thomas F. Henry Sr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.
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