Earl Raymond Harrouff
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Investigator

Earl Raymond Harrouff

Accident Veteran
End of Watch January 12, 1950
Age 55
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Gender Male

Incident

Investigator Earl Harrouff was killed in an automobile crash on U.S. Route 69 approximately 2-1/2 miles south of Cameron, Missouri, at about 4:00 pm. He had started to pass a truck when an approaching car forced him to cut sharply in front of the truck. His car clipped the truck and overturned, killing Investigator Harrouff and injuring the other investigator. Investigator Harrouff was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI and WWII.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, stepdaughter, brother, and father.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-FED-B69233F6
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Last updated
July 23, 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.
Investigator Harrouff served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdtirsatufed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 12, 1950
Age 55
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Earl Raymond Harrouff served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Investigator Earl Raymond Harrouff is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, 11 of 30 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 36.7% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit
11
of 30 officers
36.7% Accident
DC — Statewide
454
of 1,419 officers
32% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Earl Raymond Harrouff's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Earl Raymond Harrouff Compares

Age at End of Watch
55
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Earl Raymond Harrouff is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location