Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Jimmie Henry died of a disease contracted as the result of being exposed to burning jet fuel following a military plane crash on Santa Catalina Island.
He and two other deputies were attempting to rescue the pilot after the U.S. Navy FA-18 fighter jet crashed into a 600-foot bluff near White's Landing on the southeast side of the island. As a result of being exposed to the burning jet fuel, all three deputies developed pulmonary fibrosis which causes scar tissue to build up in the lungs.
Deputy Henry was forced to medically retire in 1984 as a result of developing the illness. He died 10 years later shortly after undergoing a lung transplant as a result of the illness.
Deputy Henry had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 18 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and child.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Henry gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Henry.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Jimmie Richard Henry is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In CA, 75 of 1,837 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.1% of this state's fallen. That is 5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., 7 of 120 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jimmie Richard Henry's cause is highlighted.
How Jimmie Richard Henry Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jimmie Richard Henry is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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