Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Van Perry suffered a heart attack shortly after arresting a shoplifting suspect on August 28th, 2013.
He had transported the suspect to the police station and began to interview him when he suddenly collapsed. The suspect then alerted other personnel. Corporal Perry was transported to a local hospital before being flown to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He remained there until passing away on September 5th, 2013.
Corporal Perry had served with the Carthage Police Department for 15 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Perry gave the Carthage Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Carthage community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Perry.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Van Perry is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MS, 9 of 349 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 2.6% of this state's fallen. That is 1.4 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Van Perry's cause is highlighted.
How Van Perry Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Van Perry is highlighted in Sep.